{"id":122771,"date":"2026-03-20T11:23:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T06:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=122771"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:23:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T06:23:42","slug":"trump-draws-parallel-between-pearl-harbor-and-us-strikes-on-iran-in-meeting-with-japanese-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/122771\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump draws parallel between Pearl Harbor and US strikes on Iran in meeting with Japanese PM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WASHINGTON(National Times)- President Donald Trump on Thursday drew a parallel between US strikes on Iran and Japan&#8217;s attack on Pearl Harbor decades ago, as he defended the war against Tehran at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Washington. &#8220;We wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn&#8217;t \u2060you tell me about Pearl Harbor?&#8221; Trump said when a journalist asked why he had not told allies about his war plans. &#8220;You believe in surprise, I think much more so than us.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dunyanews.tv\/en\/World\/941487-trump-rules-out-putting-troops-anywhere-urges-israel-to-avoid-strikes\">Trump rules out putting troops anywhere, urges Israel to avoid strikes on Iran energy sites<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takaichi&#8217;s eyes widened and she shifted in her chair as Trump, seated beside her in the Oval Office, evoked the moment that \u2060drew the US into World War Two. The Japanese attack on the US naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec 7, 1941, killed 2,390 Americans, and the US declared \u2060war on Japan the next day. US President Franklin D. 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