Article continues below advertisementDonald Trump can't help himself from making cringeworthy jokes. In an uncomfortable moment on Thursday, March 19, the POTUS made an awkward quip about Japan's infamous 1941 bombing of American military base Pearl Harbor with the nation's prime minister sitting right beside him. When a Japanese reporter asked Trump, 79, why he didn't warn U.S. allies, like Japan, before attacking Iran last month, he replied, "We didn't tell anyone about it, because we wanted surprise.
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Donald Trump Makes Awkward Joke About Pearl Harbor in Front of Uncomfortable Japanese Prime Minister: Watch
March 19, 2026
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