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- President Donald Trump reportedly told Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe “I remember Pearl Harbor” during a meeting at the White House in June, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
- The reported comment is part of an increasingly complicated relationship between the two world leaders.
- Trump imposed steel and aluminum tariffs on Japan, and Abe hasn’t retaliated.
President Donald Trump reportedly caught Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe off guard with a comment about Pearl Harbor during a meeting at the White House in June, according to the Washington Post.
Trump reportedly said “I remember Pearl Harbor” to Abe in what was described as a “tense” meeting, referring to the attack by Japan on the United States that led to the US entering World War II.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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