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US president said that Japan was 'stepping up to the plate' to support the US war without offering details.
Asked why the U.S. didn't inform allies ahead of the Iran strikes, President Trump said, "Who knows better about surprise than Japan?"
Trump invoked Japan's December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor when speaking about recent U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran during a meeting with Japan's prime minister.
Breaking 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.
President Trump took questions from the Oval Office during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and said he was not thinking of putting troops in Iran. CBS News' Eleanor Watson breaks down Mr. Trump's latest comments.
President Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office Thursday and invoked Pearl Harbor when a reporter asked why he didn't give U.S. allies advanced notice before the initial strikes against Iran. CBS News White House reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more.
When asked by a reporter about why the U.S. didn't share their Iran war plans with Japan, President Donald Trump said it was necessary for the element of surprise. The president followed this with a joke, saying, "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Ok, why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"
