Trump joked about Pearl Harbor in front of the Japanese Prime Minister

Today, while the first female Prime Minister of Japan sat beside him in the Oval Office, Donald Trump turned Pearl Harbor into a punchline. Over 2,400 Americans died that day. It is a burial ground, a memorial, and a wound our two nations spent decades healing. Every president before him understood that. Every single one.But the joke was just the beginning. In the same 27-minute exchange, Trump exposed his own lies about the war. Last night he posted that the U.S. "knew nothing" about Israel's strike on Iran's South Pars gas field. Today he admitted he spoke directly with Netanyahu about it. He also revealed that someone warned him the war would hurt the economy before he launched it, and he did it anyway.The Breakdown:Trump made a Pearl Harbor joke directly to Japan's PM Takaichi in the Oval OfficeOver 2,400 Americans died at Pearl Harbor and sailors remain entombed in the USS ArizonaPM Takaichi's reaction revealed the moment she realized what kind of meeting this would beTrump contradicted his own Truth Social post from hours earlier about Israel's strikesHe admitted speaking with Netanyahu about coordinated strikes after claiming the U.S. "knew nothing"Trump said he "thought it would be worse" about the economic damage, revealing he was warned before the warJapan is losing U.S. troops stationed in Okinawa as Marines are redeployed to the Middle EastChina is escalating military exercises around Taiwan while America is distractedTakaichi used the Shinzo Abe playbook of flattery to protect her country's allianceTrump repeatedly took credit for Takaichi's election victoryThe FCC waived a decades-old media ownership rule allowing Nexstar to reach 80% of American TV householdsEight state attorneys general are suing to block the $6.2 billion Nexstar-Tegna dealNexstar's CEO publicly thanked Trump and FCC Chairman Carr by nameThe lone Democratic FCC commissioner called it a closed-door rubber stampEvery authoritarian regime consolidates media before consolidating powerIndependent media is more important than ever as corporate consolidation acceleratesMore on my daily Substack at: https://heatherdelaneyreese.substack.com/