Today, President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the White House. The anticipated start time is 12:00pm ET with Livestream Links Below:
UPDATE: VIDEO ADDED
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Today, President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the White House. The anticipated start time is 12:00pm ET with Livestream Links Below:
UPDATE: VIDEO ADDED
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This is one of the best bi-lateral meetings to-date.
She seems to be one of the few world leaders with some sense today.
I believe she holds Margaret Thatcher in high regard.
It shows.
Back in the late 1960’s and into the 1970’s, “Made in Japan” on an item was generally not viewed upon as a positive thing. My, how times have changed!
I remember that well! It had the same connotation as “Made in China” does today.
Yes. However, Japan was not an enemy in the same sense as China does. Japan is a country and culture of work and innovation. The Chinese culture steals other’s intellectual property and copies it to exploit and undercut the patent holders.
Nixon and Kissinger should have walled off China rather than turn them into a huge parasite on our back that’s fed off us to be our greatest threat and global competitor stealing everything that wasn’t given them to them outright on a silver platter.
I believe most of the blame for that belongs to Presidents after Nixon, especially WJC.
The granting of “Most Favored Nation” trading status was the gravest mistake, IMO.
I recently read an article on that from Roger Stone:
The China Opening: Nixon’s Strategic Masterstroke and How His Successors Squandered It
In February of 1972, President Richard Milhous Nixon accomplished what generations of diplomats, academics, and foreign policy mandarins had insisted was impossible.
Mar 11, 2026
https://open.substack.com/pub/rogerstone/p/the-china-opening-nixons-strategic
I was going to make this exact same point.
We can’t blame Nixon & Kissinger ; they were trying to ensure China and USSR didn’t cozy up together.
What you call a reason looks to be like an excuse for every bad result has a starting point.
That’s the politicians fault for allowing it to happen. I recall even in 1990, people in my industry already complaining of cheap Chinese materials – steel and hardware in particular.
It was Bush, Bubba & Shrub, traitors all, in the name of globalism, who made China the monster it has become.
In 1978 I was involved in a product liability lawsuit as an expert witness…….metallurgical engineering. Both some imported Chinese steel 2-1/2″ plate and some Brazilian 3″ plate had seams that caused the pieces to delaminate…..one cost the life of a farmer standing next to this large machine, the other was a near miss. The chemistry of the two steels was different enough to suggest it was not a common source. Shitty QC…..both cases.
Exactly !
As a young engineer in the 80s I remember a foreman complaining to the chief engineer that the new bolts they were using were stripping and ripping apart. Like nothing they’d seen before. The section engineer went back to the purchasing department and the buyer had landed a great deal from a supplier sourcing from China.
From then on we had to spec anything important had to be sourced from USA or at least North America.
American welders can tell the difference!
Two Bushes and a Willy. What can go wrong?
Kissinger was a traitor and Nixon was a puppet. Kissinger’s plan, along with the one world cabal, was always to make china the dominant player in the world and destroy America at America’s expense and they have pretty much succeeded. We are in a battle for the life of this country, we are right on the edge. It remains to be seen what will happen. The battle is fierce. You need to do a little more studying about these things.
And if you go past further, you find research from people like Anthony Sutton (see Hoover Institute) who carefully recorded U.S. elitists doing the exact same thing in building up the Soviet Union into our greatest threat. They did it before, in other words!
Don’t patronize me. I’m WELL AWARE of the despicable things Kissinger is responsible for.
I’m merely pointing out, in this matter, they were trying to keep China from becoming an ally of the USSR, near the peak of the Cold War.
After 1991 when the USSR collapsed there should have been a top-to-bottom reassessment of US international policies. Russia should no longer have been treated like an enemy. China should no longer have been treated like a partner. NATO should no longer have been propped up but should have been allowed to expire.
Instead the NeoCons and Multinationals took control. They looted Russia by imposing “shock therapy” and privatizing assets to former KGB oligarchs. China was rewarded with WTO membership and opened itself up to the outsourcing trend to hollow-out the American industrial base. NATO launched into an expansion into Eastern Europe. NAFTA and Globalism took over the economy. Militarized foreign policy got the US involved in adventurism all around the world.
America made china what it is today, and let it stay communist, there’s no doubt about that.
100%. I have first hand experience with exactly that.
A few years back, we had to dispose of a 1979 made-in-Japan Sony Trinitron console. The tuner could no longer receive OTA channels, because it was all analog tuning.
But it still worked fine, and still displayed a rich color picture (running an analog videotape signal through the antenna inputs), even if only SD.
This was after over 40 years of service and countless running hours. Just one example.
I remember the made in Japan jokes in the 50s and 60s. But by the early 1970s, Japanese consumer products were among the best quality in the world. They were very fast learners, and quickly emulated and implemented America’s best production philosophies after WWII.
They completely embraced Dr. Demings’ SPC – Statistical Process Analysis. Our manufacturers, especially the automakers, Poo-Poohed the entire concept. To their ultimate demise.
Spot on! I was just going to post a similar remark.
My first position after graduation was with a Japanese manufacturing company for 16 months.
Pretty amazing to think that Japan went from an essentially feudal agrarian society to a high-tech modern nation-state in the space of (approximately) a single human lifetime (1860s to 1960s).
Well they had a little help I think.
A lot of their stuff even in the 70’s was junk. But they did learn fast. There was a lot of anger over the government letting their stuff in and rightly so I think.
I remember the Marantz, Fisher, Pioneer audio gear, the Panasonic and Sony electronics, and the Toyota Celicas and Honda’s from that early 1970s period.
None of it was junk as far as I was concerned. Was it as good as the very best US made competitors? Sometimes, sometimes not. The styling was sometimes a little peculiar. But the products were generally well assembled.
And there was a lot of junk being made right here in America then, too. Certain GM models and materials practices from that era immediately come to mind.
One word “Vega”! Need I say more?
L O L !
My first car as a 17yo was a 71 Vega wagon with a 4-Spd. Low miles, Cosworth wheels and 2bbl carb. The thing was decently cool, not like the 69SS Camaro I got 2+ years later, but I had a riot in the thing ! Friends, dates, powershifting the thing.
Memory Lane…… 😌
One year, I am not sure but I think it was 1978, Ford had a large supply of spare parts, so they built the F150s out of spare parts. They had three different types of brake cylinders on them. You had to carry the old one to the parts store to get the right one.
Became experts in the processes. I admit to loving Japanese cars.
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to land in Japan in 1543.
They brought silk from China and matchlock firearms from Europe to trade. Within 50 years the Portuguese were buying cheaper and better made firearms from the Japanese to trade elsewhere.
This ability to quickly understand and adapt to use they call Yamato-damashii or Japanese Soul. With some parallels to our own native Yankee ingenuity.
I didn’t like the album at first, but now that there is smoke on the water and fire in the sky in Iran it has new meaning
Japanese reporter to President Trump:
“Why didn’t you tell your allies about your plans before attacking Iran?”
President Trump:
“You guys know about surprises – remember Pearl Harbor?”
… funniest President of all time
I feel so sorry for the TDS sufferers who are too embittered to appreciate his sense of humor!
I don’t.
I do
Joking about……
Peace negotiations…….
with a surprise attack……like
“…..December 7, 1941—a date which
will live in infamy..…”
Sorry……not funny.
lighten up…..
-5 for no “Francis”.
I finally got the joke! Good on ya!
oh please!
President Trump made his point.
Why should we tell them when theyd didn’t tell us?
Of course the Japs were our enemies and they richly deserved the millions of deaths we inflicted upon them in revenge.
We didn’t need to tell them about firebombing Tokyo to a crispy crunch in early 1945, or making Hiroshima and Nagasaki glow in the dark a few months later.
Our alleged allies in Europe have generations of lying to us and misleading us.
And our alleged Saudi allies might have given our FBI and CIA a heads up about 9-11, but they didn’t tell the American people. Our Deep State enemies didn’t tell us either.
Besides, we really can’t call any other country a friend. Even Isreal has killed our sailors on the USS Liberty and even now is interfering with President Trump’s plan to save Iran’s infrastructure for a friendlier government.
The Donald made his point.
That logic seems questionable.
Has Japan repeated Pearl Harbor with us, Einstein?
What’s unique about President Trump is he owns his decisions and he says the truth out loud.
It wasn’t said as a joke. President Trump reminded people what countries do.
In the past he has commented that we are not innocents, just like other countries are not innocent. His comment today drove that point home — the context being “don’t ask me about surprise attacks when your country did a big one.”
It was almost 85 years ago.
You sound like the 1619 Project.
It was 85 years ago. That’s 3 + generations. I think we can relax a bit. This tight assed politically correct attitude will be the death of us. You can’t tip-toe around the egg shells for ever.
Agreed. This was not the time and place for a ‘funny’ joke. I hope she didn’t feel insulted. It was hard to read Takaichi’s face but it doesn’t appear she appreciated it.
I also find it odd that so many commenting think it was funny. I worry about our side these days.
Its all about having hand. Pearl Harbor is brought up putting Japan in a defensive position. We are usually on defense when they bring up Hiroshima. It was not meant to be funny (but it was) it was political positioning for negotiations
That fell kinda flat, judging by the loud groans all around (especially from the Japanese side)
But I can’t help myself…….I just love his sense of humor, so what can I say…….
Try saying “Enjoy!” I do
Yes,funny and very quick with his humor
I need this to be real. Lie to me if you have to.
PM Takaichi is so well centered and will wisely do her best for the future of the Japanese people.
And that goodwill benefits our American MAGA interests here.
Win-win.
長い物には巻かれろ
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Bow to the powerful.
With all of the noise and fake news raging around him, our President just continues to relentlessly move forward accomplishing his agenda. Nothing distracts him.
God bless President Trump!
https://x.com/shanaka86/status/2034671481175842818
US-Japan Announce $40 Billion Nuclear Deal
President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced a roughly $40 billion collaboration to build advanced small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) in the United States.
The project, involving U.S.-based GE Vernova Inc. and Japan-based Hitachi Ltd., targets sites in Tennessee and Alabama.
Officials described it as a step to stabilize electricity prices, expand power generation, and bolster energy security amid global tensions, including the ongoing Iran conflict.
The deal builds on last year’s U.S.-Japan trade framework and investment commitments, with no major new military pacts emerging from the talks.
Tennessee and Alabama equals Oak Ridge and Huntsville.
Some Japanese music
The female of the species is deadlier than the male.
Survival instinct.
Trump’s response to a stupid question from a Japanese reporter was hilarious. Presidents like Trump only come around in a blue moon.
I fully support President Trump.
Period.
I also admire the Japanese people.
However, I found it cringe-worthy embarrassing when our President joked that Japan did not warn us when they attacked Pearl Harbor.
That might have a yuck you shared with your Cabinet, but certainly not with the Japanese PM.
in response to a comment that might have been a touch of a set up, he responded by noting we are not the only ones to implement a surprise attack.
When you miss the point of a communication from someone as quick and well informed as President Trump, you can bet your woke sensibilities are getting in the way of you being able to deal with reality.
Haven’t you learned anything from listening to the liars and cheats who promote smooth talk 24/7?
Keep listening to President Trump for awhile and you might learn something.
Ever actually talk to any Japanese about this? Many Japanese I have spoken with are still deeply embarrassed (not sure that’s the right word but best I got) that a declaration of war had not been convayed before the attack. We were still at peace with Imperial Japan when they attacked Peral Harbor. I have read many of the pilots involved in the raid were ashamed when they found out war had not been declared before their attack.
I strongly doubt US/Japanese relations were damaged by the Trump comment. It fits with his “mean tweet” persona.
If I may reply Beenthere, the answer was targeted to the “gotcha question” reporter. To use a phrase from the ’40s, “Loose lips sink ships”. In today’s instant communication world, the need to keep information close to the vest, with minimal actors, is paramount. We can’t even trust many in our own Congress to keep their mouths shut so why should we entrust foreign executives and their advisors with the information. Dumb question begets an answer with an example. Just my two cents.
I love this little video clip that shows how they greeted each other when she arrived. She runs to him and gives him a big bear hug! Reminds me of the closeness he had with Abe…
https://rumble.com/shorts/v77ch14?mref=9ga7c&mc=2jsus
She’s already completely betrayed her supporters ! She refused to cap immigration and deport the migrants already there.
NHK reporting is as skewed as CNN.
She’s a real little gem!
Her facial expression after the Japanese reporter asked the president why he hadn’t announced he was going to attack Iran… you could tell she knew what was coming and the president didn’t disappoint!
I wanted the Iranian mission to be a secret, a sneak attack. You people know about those, remember Pearl Harbor. Brilliant and funny on so many levels.