This Japanese reporter is probably rethinking their question! On Thursday afternoon, President Trump sat down with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to discuss U.S.-Japan relations. At the end of the meeting, President Trump opened up their meeting to the press, and President Trump was asked by one reporter why he didn’t inform Japan that the U.S. was going to attack Iran. Trump jokingly replied, “Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?” The Independent reported more details on Trump’s joke: Just over 83 years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt called the Imperial Japanese Navy’s December 7. 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor “a date that will live in infamy” as he urged Congress to declare war. On Thursday, President Donald Trump turned it into a punchline. Trump was finishing up a question-and-answer session with reporters during a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi when a Japanese journalist asked why he did not inform key American allies — such as Japan — before the start of the joint U.S.-Israeli air campaign against Iran on February 28. The president initially replied that the U.S. had “went in very hard” and “didn’t tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise.” But his response took an awkward turn moments later when he said: “Who knows better about surprise than Japan?” After some muted laughter from the U.S. officials who’d joined him for the meeting, he turned to Sanae — who was born two decades after the attack — to ask her another question. “Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor, ok?” Here’s the moment Trump said it: Q: "Why didn't you tell U.S. allies…about the war before attacking Iran?" TRUMP: "We wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?" pic.twitter.com/4Q8VQPn7tM — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 19, 2026 Another angle: Reporter: Why didn’t you inform allies before attacking Iran? Trump: We wanted surprise—who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor? pic.twitter.com/D6PXh0enRk — The Daily News (@DailyNewsJustIn) March 19, 2026 CNN reported more on the meeting between the two leaders: President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House today that he’s pleased with the level of backing he’s seen from Japan on US military actions in Iran. He contrasted it with European allies, who have been less vocally supportive during the spiraling conflict. “We’ve had tremendous support and relationship with Japan on everything,” Trump told reporters during a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. “And I believe that, based on statements that were given to us yesterday, the day before yesterday, having to do with Japan, they are really stepping up to the plate, yes.” He then added a quick aside: “Unlike NATO.” Earlier Thursday, a group of European nations and Japan issued a joint statement condemning Iran’s attacks on commercial vessels in the Gulf and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, adding that they are ready to contribute to “appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait.” Trump has criticized the NATO alliance for not fully backing the administration’s efforts in Iran, telling reporters Tuesday he believes the defensive alliance is “making a very foolish mistake.” Later, the president said he expected Japan to “step up,” citing the nation’s reliance on the Strait of Hormuz for oil imports. President Trump seems to support Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Make sure to read to find out why: https://wltreport.com/2026/03/19/watch-japans-prime-minister-sanae-takaichi-gives-president/

This was touching. Pete Hegseth, while speaking at a press conference at the Pentagon on Thursday morning, shared an emotional conversation with his son. The Secretary of War, speaking to the press, said that shortly after attending the dignified transfer of six U.S. service members, his son asked him about the war and the fallen service members. Hegseth told his son, “They died for you.” The Daily Mail provided Hegseth’s full remarks: Pete Hegseth revealed he was forced to defend the administration’s decision to launch the war against Iran by his young son. The Defense Secretary made the stunning revelation during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Thursday while discussing the ongoing conflict. ‘My 13-year-old son popped into my office last night while I was editing these remarks. He asked about the war and the families I met at Dover,’ Hegseth told reporters. ‘I looked at him and said, “They died for you, son. So your generation doesn’t have to deal with a nuclear Iran.”‘ Watch the moment Hegseth said it below: Pete Hegseth says he told his 13-year-old son that U.S. soldiers who died in the war against Iran died for him, so his generation wouldn’t have to face a nuclear Iran. “They died for you, son.” pic.twitter.com/SZlcFuPREm — Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) March 19, 2026 Backup here if needed: CBS News reported how many U.S. service mebers have died since the start of the war in Iran: Since the war with Iran started in late February, 13 American service members have been killed, including a Minnesota mother of two, an Iowa college student and a Florida native remembered by his family as the “life of the party.” Six of them were members of a U.S. Army Reserve unit based in Des Moines, Iowa, and were killed in a strike in Kuwait. Another service member — who was injured in an attack at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia in March 1 — died from his injuries seven days later, the Pentagon said. “These men and women all bravely volunteered to defend our country, and their sacrifice will never be forgotten,” Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll said. Another six service members were killed in a crash of a U.S. refueling aircraft over Iraq on March 12. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised them as “American heroes.” Three of the six were members of the Ohio Air National Guard assigned to the 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, and the other three were assigned to MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, the Defense Department said. They were identified as Maj. John A. Klinner, 33, of Auburn, Alabama; Capt. Ariana G. Savino, 31, of Covington, Washington; Tech. Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, of Bardstown, Kentucky; Capt. Seth R. Koval, 38, of Mooresville, Indiana; Capt. Curtis J. Angst, 30, of Wilmington, Ohio; and Tech. Sgt. Tyler H. Simmons, 28, of Columbus, Ohio. We will finish this—and we will honor their sacrifice with decisive action. pic.twitter.com/7YkmaBElPy — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) March 19, 2026 What’s your judgment?

This is tragic. Iran has just publicly executed a 19-year-old champion wrestler who protested against the Iranian regime. Wrestler Saleh Mohammadi was publicly hanged by Iranian judicial officials after he vocally protested against the inhumane actions of Iran’s former Supreme Leader and other Iranian officials. Fox News broke the tragic news of the execution: The Islamic Republic of Iran’s judiciary on Thursday ignored a U.S. State Department warning along with pleas from elite Iranian-American wrestlers to not execute 19-year-old champion wrestler Saleh Mohammadi for protesting against the Khamenei regime. Reports say Mohammadi was killed in a public hanging seen as a barbaric move by the Iranian regime to snuff out the ongoing movement seeking to topple it, according to Iranian American human rights activists and dissidents. Nima Far, a human rights activist and Iranian combat athlete who is an expert on elite Iranian wrestling, told Fox News Digital, “His execution was a blatant political murder, part of the Islamic Republic’s pattern of targeting athletes to crush dissent and terrorize society, as seen with Navid Afkari and others executed despite international outcry.” He said, “The IOC [International Olympic Committee] and UWW [United World Wrestling] should have intervened forcefully with public ultimatums, threatening immediate suspension of Iran’s NOC [National Olympic Committee] and federations if the killing proceeded rather than relying on ineffective quiet diplomacy, given their own commitments to protect athletes from politically motivated harm.” Both organizations did put out statements after being asked for response from Fox News Digital upon Mohammadi’s death sentence. Here’s a photo of Mohammadi: BREAKING: The Islamic regime in Iran hanged the 19-year-old wrestler and anti-regime protester Saleh Mohammadi today pic.twitter.com/jXkYU3jiVg — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 19, 2026 In total, three protesters were executed: The Islamic regime in Iran has executed three January anti-regime protesters under bogus charges and forced confessions. – Saleh Mohammadi – Saeed Davoodi– Mehdi Ghasemi They were sentenced to death and executed following confessions extracted under torture, sham trials, no… pic.twitter.com/Mhq81AgqQk — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 19, 2026 HRW revealed the Iranian regime hanged another wrestler in January: Iran authorities executed Navid Afkari, who confessed to crimes allegedly under torture. This cruel act, in defiance of an international outcry for a fair retrial, shows an utter disregard for the most fundamental human rights norms. The case of an Iranian wrestler on death row is part of a systematic pattern in which Iranian authorities disregard torture allegations and use coerced confessions in trial proceedings, Human Rights Watch said today. Iran’s judiciary should immediately open a transparent and independent investigation into allegations that the authorities tortured Navid Afkari and his brothers and grant Afkari a fair retrial in accordance with human rights standards. Iranian authorities brought three cases against the wrestler Navid Afkari and his brother Vahid. Both were arrested in September 2018 on dozens of charges that include participation in illegal demonstrations, insulting Iran’s supreme leader, robbery, “enmity against God,” and murder. Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence by a criminal court in Shiraz against Navid and a 25-year prison sentence for Vahid for assisting in the alleged murder, while summarily dismissing the brothers’ serious allegations that they were tortured into confessing. “Iranian authorities’ utter disregard of serious allegations that they tortured Navid Afkari into confessing to alleged murder fits with a broader pattern of systematic impunity for torture and coerced confessions,” said Tara Sepehri Far, Iran researcher at Human Rights Watch. “The authorities should drop charges that violate the Afkari brothers’ legitimate freedoms, investigate their allegations of torture, and ensure that they get a fair trial.” Do you have an opinion?

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