The following is an edited transcript excerpt from The Michael Knowles Show<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n President Trump just gave the finest one liner in the history of press conferences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So here is President Trump, sitting in the Oval Office yesterday with the Japanese prime minister, who seems to adore him. When she arrives at the White House, for example, she runs up and gives him a big hug. <\/span>He proceeds to show her the Hall of Presidents, on the White House little walkway there by the Rose Garden, and she sees Joe Biden\u2019s picture is just an auto pen and seems to get a huge kick out of it.<\/span><\/p>\n Trump also got along famously with Shinzo Abe. So, there\u2019s something about Trump and Japan \u2014 they get along great. It\u2019s like white on rice, to use an apt metaphor.<\/span><\/p>\n In any case, while they\u2019re sitting in the Oval Office, a reporter asks President Trump why he did not tell everyone about the attack on Iran before he launched it.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJapan and U.S. are very good friends. But one question \u2014 why didn\u2019t you tell U.S. allies in Europe and Asia, like Japan, about the war before taking action? We are very confused.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Trump responded, \u201cWell, one thing \u2014 you don\u2019t want to signal too much. When we go in, we went in very hard, and we didn\u2019t tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Okay? Why didn\u2019t you tell me about Pearl Harbor? Right? He\u2019s asking me, do you believe in surprise? I think much more so than us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Trump: \u201cWho knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn\u2019t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?\u201d pic.twitter.com\/O5t0EWoOkw<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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