President Donald Trump made a shocking comment that left people in the Oval Office visibly uncomfortable on Thursday during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. A reporter asked Trump why he didn't tell U.S. allies, including European and Asian countries, such as Japan, that he was...
Japan actually tried to coordinate a formal declaration of war to be submitted immediately before the attack commenced. But due to technical and logistical problems, the communique was not read by American diplomats until after the attack.
This is the part of this that is such a political faux pas. Japan does not consider Pearl Harbor a surprise attack, and their nationalist movement right now probably won’t be happy to have their favorite PM be the whipping boy of the US president. I won’t say Japan is right on this, but it’s just the difference in how this story is presented.
Good riddance, hopefully this creates an awful situation for her politically at home as she is pushed leftward or rightward in retaliation.
For all their strongman posturing, I feel the Japanese nationalists take whatever US rhetoric up their uncensored buttholes. They’re always belittling Chinese and Korean people but seem to scurry away into their caves whenever there is a conflict with the US.
Japan actually tried to coordinate a formal declaration of war to be submitted immediately before the attack commenced. But due to technical and logistical problems, the communique was not read by American diplomats until after the attack.
This is the part of this that is such a political faux pas. Japan does not consider Pearl Harbor a surprise attack, and their nationalist movement right now probably won’t be happy to have their favorite PM be the whipping boy of the US president. I won’t say Japan is right on this, but it’s just the difference in how this story is presented.
Good riddance, hopefully this creates an awful situation for her politically at home as she is pushed leftward or rightward in retaliation.
For all their strongman posturing, I feel the Japanese nationalists take whatever US rhetoric up their uncensored buttholes. They’re always belittling Chinese and Korean people but seem to scurry away into their caves whenever there is a conflict with the US.