@InsiderGeo Don’t initiate a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor if you can’t take a joke.
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People often don’t realize that you can’t talk to Asians the same way you talk to Europeans or Westerners. There’s a cultural expectation that historical context, respect, and subtlety are treated differently what might seem casual or humorous in the West is deeply offensive in Japan, In Japan, context, respect, and subtlety guide almost every interaction. Unlike in many Western countries, where directness is valued, Japanese communication often relies on reading between the lines.
Adam Schwarz@AdamJSchwarz
Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi's reaction as Trump says "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Habour?" Undoubtedly the worst American diplomatic gaffe in post-war US-Japan history.
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@ReallyAmerican1 60 million children killed through abortion… yet Talarico seems to be ok with that.
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WATCH: In a blistering rebuttal to Trump’s “insulting Jesus” claim, James Talarico responds, “You know what insults Jesus? Bombing schoolchildren… covering up the Epstein files.”
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@Its_ereko Mock their history…. They attacked us!
In the context of the question asked it was quite funny.
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Japanese translators froze. Live on air. Silence where words should be.
Trump dropped Pearl Harbor. Japan's national trauma. In a press conference. As a joke.
The translators couldn't speak. Because what do you say when your ally mocks your history?
The world saw Japan's humiliation in real time.
This is the man Takaichi came to negotiate with. This is the "partnership."
The silence said more than any translation ever could.
由仁アリン Arin Yuni@Arin_Yumi
Japanese news outlets were doing a live translation of the press conference, and when Trump dropped the Pearl Harbor joke the translators were audibly lost for words and paused for a few seconds in disbelief
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@mmpadellan It is called a joke.
Admit it - you laughed, but then remembered you don’t get paid unless you post something negative about Trump.
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In the record book of most asinine, embarrassing things any President ever told a fellow Head of State, trump's Pearl Harbor dig at Japan's Prime Minister is the most cringe.
And he wonders why nobody is rushing to help. Disgraceful.
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FWIW Prime Minister Takaichi was born 20 years after Pearl Harbor
CSPAN@cspan
Q: "Why didn't you tell U.S. allies…about the war before attacking Iran?" President Trump: "We wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"
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Paul never met Jesus, but he wrote half of the Bible.
Lol
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Why should we call it the primary bedroom? What's wrong with master bedroom? Before you answer, consider whether you will call your master's degree your "primary degree" from now on because that would be silly
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The President of the United States said I insulted Jesus.
You want to know what insults Jesus?
Kicking the sick off their healthcare.
Bombing schoolchildren in Iran.
Deporting moms and babies.
Covering up the Epstein files.
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@CalltoActivism It was a joke in response to a stupid question. Play the whole clip.
It was hilarious. If you didn’t see the humor there might be something wrong with you.
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🚨DISGRACE: Trump demanding to know from the Japanese PM - born two decades AFTER Pearl Harbor - why they didn’t warn the USA, to justify not warning allies about Iran, is dementia-idiocy and an insult to the 2,403 Americans died there.
Trump is a sociopathic jerk with no class.
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HOLY SH*T
Joe Kent just told @TuckerCarlson he was BLOCKED from investigating the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
He said the last thing Charlie Kirk told him was to stop the United States from getting into a war with Iran.
We failed you, Charlie. 💔😔
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Holy shit! Joe Kent did not hold back in his interview with Tucker Carlson:
“One of Trump’s closest advisors who was advocating for us to not go to war with Iran and to rethink our relationship with Israel is suddenly assassinated and then we were told to stop investigating it.”
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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 HOLY SHIT: Joe Kent just revealed the last thing Charlie Kirk said to him:
“The last time I saw Charlie Kirk on this Earth was in June, in the West Wing. He looked me in the eye and he said: 'Joe, stop us from getting into a war with Iran.'
And then he’s suddenly publicly assassinated and we’re not allowed to ask any questions about that? The investigation that I was a part of [with] the National Counterterrorism Center, we were stopped from continuing to investigate. But there was still a lot for us to look into that I can’t really get into.
We know, because of the text messages that have been made public, that Charlie was under a lot of pressure from a lot of pro-Israel donors.”
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Joe Kent tells Tucker Iran was not on the verge of developing a nuclear bomb. This is Iraq all over again. We should not be fighting this war, we should be putting America FIRST!!!
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@JDunlap1974 I like him personally, but something is off. Hope he finds himself again.
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@DiligentDenizen Kent provided no roof of his claims against Israel or any of these other claims. I am not impugning his motives, just stating a fact.
Kind of tired of people taking wild claims at face value without credible evidence .
Until the facts are in I withhold judgement
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‼️🇺🇸 THERE IT IS: JOE KENT DNI Counterterrorism Director just CONFIRMED he was BLOCKED FROM FULLY INVESTIGATING CHARLIE KIRK'S ASSASSINATION.
"There was some kind of foreign nexus that we were stopped from investigating" 😳
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@megynkelly @mkhammer @RantyAmyCurtis Kent provided no roof of his claims against Israel . I am not impugning his motives, just stating a fact.
Kind of tired of people taking wild claims at face value without credible evidence .
Until the facts are in I withhold judgement
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@mkhammer @RantyAmyCurtis Except this particular sentiment was also expressed out loud by Charlie to President Trump over the course of two days at the White House, famously.
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You’d be amazed at how often the secret and conveniently unwitnessed wishes and words of the deceased, expressed to tangential, ambitious characters reflect perfectly what those tangential, ambitious characters wanted to do and say anyway. Crazy, that.
Holden Culotta@Holden_Culotta
Wow. Joe Kent just revealed the last thing Charlie Kirk said to him: “The last time I saw Charlie Kirk on this Earth was in June, in the West Wing.” “He looked me in the eye and he said … Joe, stop us from getting into a war with Iran.” “One of President Trump’s closest advisors was vocally advocating for us to not go to war with Iran and for us to rethink, at least, our relationship with the Israelis.” “And then he’s suddenly publicly assassinated and we’re not allowed to ask any questions about that?” “The investigation that I was a part of [with] the National Counterterrorism Center, we were stopped from continuing to investigate.” “But there was still a lot for us to look into that I can’t really get into.” “There’s unanswered questions.” “We know, because of the text messages that have been made public, that Charlie was under a lot of pressure from a lot of pro-Israel donors.” @joekent16jan19 @TuckerCarlson
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@JordanLkarr You have no proof either way.
Kent provided no roof of his claims against Israel . I am not impugning his motives, just stating a fact.
Kind of tired of people taking wild claims at face value without credible evidence .
Until the facts are in I withhold judgement
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The guy on the right is now “investigating” the guy on the left.
After the guy on the left exposed the fact that the guy on the right stopped the guy on the left from investigating Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
I’m sure it’s all above board though.
Max Blumenthal@MaxBlumenthal
The kind of US national security official Israel fears vs the kind it can manage
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@ThrillaRilla369 Been driving one for 40 years. Can do it in my sleep .
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Be honest... could you jump into a stick-shift car and drive it without a problem right now?
🚘
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