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# “Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?” Trump asks Japanese reporter after question on Iran.
- URL: https://www.readtangle.com/why-didnt-you-tell-me-about-pearl-harbor-trump-asks-japanese-reporter-after-question-on-iran/
- Published: 2026-03-19T17:49:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-20T00:02:14.000Z
- Author: Isaac Saul
- Tags: #video, #youtube_w2YB0ULK5VU

After a Japanese journalist asked President Donald Trump why the U.S. did not inform allies before striking Iran, Trump said he wanted the attack to be a surprise. “Because we wanted surprise, who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?”