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Some people criticized President Trump's decision to invoke a painful chapter of history. Others worried it might harm U.S.-Japan relations.
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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.
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During the meeting, Trump praised Japan for "stepping up" to assist in efforts to secure the Strait of Hormuz, "unlike NATO."
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President Donald Trump on Thursday, seated next to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office, compared U.S. strikes against Iran to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.
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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.
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