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Trump jokes he didn’t tell Japan about Iran strikes because of Pearl Harbor

By Mabinty Quarshie
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Trump jokes he didn’t tell Japan about Iran strikes because of Pearl Harbor

President Donald Trump claimed he did not tell Japan and other U.S. allies about the joint operation to launch strikes against Iran because he wanted the element of surprise akin to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

“We didn’t tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan?” Trump joked on Thursday during a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

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