Trump Jokes About Pearl Harbor in Meeting With Japan’s Leader

a taboo, President Trump needled Japan’s prime minister about the World War II attack, as she widened her eyes and appeared to take a deep breath in the Oval Office.

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NYTimes: Trump Jokes About Pearl Harbor in Meeting With Japan’s Leader.

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