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[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 16 points 12 hours ago (6 children)

This is the funniest fucking thing he's ever done.

[–] Bullerfar@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago

I died laughing! 😂 I like how silent the room just went after the 2 sec before people realized what he just said.

Btw the Japan Primeminister is also a Japanese MAGA so I don't really give a f about her either. Let them swin in their own nationalist poop.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago

To a prior PM, it would be in extremely bad taste. But this bitch is nakedly fascist.

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

anyone want to share? I can't see the joke.

[–] GrumpyFortuneCat@sh.itjust.works 12 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

"One thing, you don't want to signal too much when we go in," Trump said. "We went in very hard and we didn't tell anyone about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Legitimately a good joke, probably not during a diplomatic meeting though.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It's not offensive by Trump's standards but it also isn't really funny.

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Lol, that shit is funny. Irrespective, the guy is fuckinh retarded and a plague on the world

What makes it funny? Seems like nowadays whatever is insulting is called funny

[–] nailingjello@piefed.zip 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

From the article:

"One thing, you don't want to signal too much when we go in," Trump said. "We went in very hard and we didn't tell anyone about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?

Trump was what at that time? A middle aged nobody?

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 hours ago

Trump was born in 1946. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. The war he dodged with his "bone spurs" was Vietnam, not WWII.

[–] baronvonj@piefed.social -1 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Nope, Trump is a very early boomer. He wasn’t born until After Pearl Harbor happened.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Are you sure he wasn't 50 back then? I mean... look at him!

[–] baronvonj@piefed.social 1 points 9 hours ago

well I was wrong so maybe you're right!

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 4 points 12 hours ago

Yeah am I bad for literally laughing out loud at this? unbelievable stuff

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

It's old man jokes like these that I understand. People clutching their pearls online while literally no one reacted the way this article says when they were in the room. Even the PM gave a visible smirk because she knows he's an old senile moron that can be easily manipulated.

[–] SculptusPoe@lemmy.world -1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

It was legitimately funny, not diplomatic at all, but legitimately funny.

How was it funny?