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RandySF

(58,832 posts)
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 12:01 AM Nov 2017

Trump: Japan should have shot down North Korean missiles because it's a country of samurai warriors

President Trump has reportedly said Japan should have shot down missiles North Korea tested over the country earlier this year, sources told The Japan Times ahead of the president's visit.

Diplomatic sources told the outlet that Trump made the comment during conversations with leaders of Southeast Asian countries while discussing the threat of North Korea's advancing nuclear weapons program.

North Korea in both August and in September launched a ballistic missile over Japan, landing in the Pacific Ocean.

The Japan Times reported that Trump said he could not understand why a country of samurai warriors would not shoot down the missile.

While Trump has not made similar comments in the past, he has said that "talking is not the answer" to solving North Korea problems and that force by the nation would be met with "fire and fury."


http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/358804-trump-wanted-japan-to-shoot-down-north-korean-missiles-earlier-this

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Trump: Japan should have shot down North Korean missiles because it's a country of samurai warriors (Original Post) RandySF Nov 2017 OP
That idiot is an embarrassment to us all! Binkie The Clown Nov 2017 #1
Hey Donald, we got ninjas here! edbermac Nov 2017 #2
And I thought w was an embarrassment n/t hibbing Nov 2017 #3
OMFG !! secondwind Nov 2017 #4
What a racist and bigoted statement even coming from an asshole like trump Gothmog Nov 2017 #5
Trumpass has been watching too much TV. lpbk2713 Nov 2017 #6
WTF? And this is just the beginning of his tour? Anyone want to guess how many smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #7
he is Larry David. n/t babydollhead Nov 2017 #8
Trump Your Enthusiasm? Initech Nov 2017 #9
good one! babydollhead Nov 2017 #10

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
1. That idiot is an embarrassment to us all!
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 12:13 AM
Nov 2017

If he had any sense at all, which I doubt, he would realize how incompetent he is and resign immediately.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
7. WTF? And this is just the beginning of his tour? Anyone want to guess how many
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 02:30 PM
Nov 2017

more racist and idiotic statements he will utter before his trip is through? God, I can't believe they let this disaster loose on Asia.

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