Trump compares attack on Iran to Pearl Harbor in meeting with Japanese PM

During a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump was asked why he had not informed his allies of his plan to attack Iran.

Trump responded by referring to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, saying, “Who knows better than Japan when it comes to surprise?”

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