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Watch: Trump’s Pearl Harbor joke tests US-Japan alliance amid Iran tensions

Donald Trump joked about Pearl Harbor while urging Sanae Takaichi to expand Japan’s role in securing the Strait of Hormuz, drawing a muted response.

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00:19What kind of support do you expect from Japan in the future?
00:24I expect Japan to step up because, you know, we have that kind of relationship.
00:28And we step up with Japan.
00:30We have 45,000 soldiers in Japan.
00:34We don't use the strait.
00:36We're defending the strait for everybody else.
00:38And then in the case of NATO, they don't want to help us defend the strait.
00:44And they're the ones that need it.
00:46And the United States, stronger and more prospects.
00:49Who knows better about surprise than Japan?
00:53Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?
00:56Okay?
00:58Right?
00:58Right?
00:59You know?
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