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Trump invokes Pearl Harbor in front of Japanese prime minister to defend Iran attack secrecy

· By Lim Hui Jie
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In an apparent awkward moment at the Oval Office on Thursday stateside, U.S. President Donald Trump referenced Pearl Harbor in his first meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi after her landslide electoral victory. When asked by a Japanese reporter on why the U.S. did not inform allies such as Japan befo…

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