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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWashington Post: Trump, "I remember Pearl Harbor." to the P.M. of Japan
Trump is around the bend bat shit crazy. BTW he wasn't even born when the attack on
Pearl Harbor happened.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/i-remember-pearl-harbor-inside-trumps-hot-and-cold-relationship-with-japans-prime-minister/2018/08/28/d6117021-e310-40a4-b688-68fdf5ed2f38_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.616fb074deac
I remember Pearl Harbor, the president said, referring to the surprise attack that propelled the United States into World War II.
Trump then launched into a blistering critique of Japans economic policies, according to people familiar with the conversation. He railed against the U.S. trade deficit with Japan and urged Abe to negotiate a bilateral trade deal that is more favorable to U.S. exporters of beef and automobiles.
The meeting, which left Abe exasperated, epitomized the paradoxical nature of Trumps closest relationship with a foreign leader.
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Although disturbing, this rhetoric hardly veers from Trumps comments against Japan on the campaign trail, said Goto, the Japan scholar. His views of the Japanese economy then were based on the perceptions of the 1980s and 90s, rather than the realities of today. So it may not be a surprise if his worldview, especially of Asia, is derived back from World War II, rather than today.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)Botany
(70,449 posts)The Trumps have been sleaze balls for generations.
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-trump-family-fortune/
Trumps Family Fortune Originated in a Canadian Gold-Rush Brothel
gordianot
(15,234 posts)Over the decades their descendants answered the call obviously not the Trump family or at least this specific branch.