President Donald Trump made a shocking joke 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 pl...
I was curious about what the Japanese side’s take on Trump’s remark would be, so I found this news report from a Japanese outlet:
https://youtu.be/gy-4-iySD-s
Try translating the comments by yourself. You’d find that most people are blaming the Japanese reporter who asked “why didn’t you notify us before attacking Iran.” They say that of course they wouldn’t tell us (Japanese) about a surprise attack beforehand and that this question is stupid and rude.
Personally though I think this remark is rude regardless of what questions were asked. Also I think that the question itself may be stupid but isn’t rude.
The question should have been phrased “why did you not form a Coalition before your attack on Iran” but that would have confused Trump.
Given the fact that he also wanted to approach China for support I think him actually attempting to get consensus would have been more chaotic than the current timeline.
There’s been enough blue on blue action as it is without trying to get nations who don’t really like each other to work together