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What the hell triggered Trump to go after Japan??? (Original Post) Siwsan Aug 2016 OP
What did he do now? smirkymonkey Aug 2016 #1
This: The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2016 #3
It is so nonsensical, I can't even begin to explain but I put in a link to HuffPo. Siwsan Aug 2016 #5
Thanks. smirkymonkey Aug 2016 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author edhopper Aug 2016 #8
and he ranted about them watching edhopper Aug 2016 #2
I'm just surprised that he didn't bring up Godzilla Siwsan Aug 2016 #9
You realize that Mothra is a Mormon. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2016 #44
Straight up racism rjsquirrel Aug 2016 #10
Harley riders edhopper Aug 2016 #14
Usually as they're watching them fade away in the distance MineralMan Aug 2016 #33
and they paid a lot more edhopper Aug 2016 #43
What triggers him to do or say anything? jcgoldie Aug 2016 #4
That makes about as much "sense" as anything, I guess Siwsan Aug 2016 #6
Scary! imanamerican63 Aug 2016 #7
Maybe he's pissed that Pokemon Go gets more respect than he does. randome Aug 2016 #11
Manafort told him people want a Pikachu taxes pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #15
The best puns are those that take a moment to process. randome Aug 2016 #25
Too good malaise Aug 2016 #47
Wow, just Wow. GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #49
I choose Pikachu when I play with my 4 yr old nephew. He usually wins riversedge Aug 2016 #52
Bad sushi for dinner last night, maybe? Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #12
Dunno. Did he lose a lawsuit to Japanese investors back in the 80s? JHB Aug 2016 #16
Probably. sarae Aug 2016 #18
Sony? Warpy Aug 2016 #17
I've always had good luck with Sony products, excellent quality. sarcasmo Aug 2016 #20
Racist and clueless about the world around him. Warpy Aug 2016 #22
He caught a showing of Tora Tora Tora on AMC? NightWatcher Aug 2016 #19
What triggered?.....just classic unhinged trump...the con man beachbumbob Aug 2016 #21
Hiroshima rufus dog Aug 2016 #23
That's what I'm thinking. Japan caught his attention and kestrel91316 Aug 2016 #24
He sees Japanese as weak because they banned the bomb Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #32
Can't believe it took most of an hour for anyone to recognize the connection. Ms. Toad Aug 2016 #37
most republicans are still fighting WWII or feeding off the victory they think we won demigoddess Aug 2016 #53
Just another group that he needed to offend. liberal N proud Aug 2016 #26
Yes...he's got a list of people to offend :) Surprised he hasn't turned on the Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #27
Maybe he saw a clip of the Olympics on TV ... JoePhilly Aug 2016 #28
It was the anniversary of Hiroshima lapucelle Aug 2016 #29
I don't think that is correct lancer78 Aug 2016 #34
This was Trump's interpretation, so it wouldn't surprise me if it were wrong. lapucelle Aug 2016 #35
Japan has supplied 272 lancer78 Aug 2016 #36
Their UN forces are more or less non-combatant muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #38
Japanese constitution? white_wolf Aug 2016 #48
Rabies. Oneironaut Aug 2016 #30
Japan still has an antagonistic relationship with Russia. Fozzledick Aug 2016 #31
He has an original thought: NATO needs to do more and he is so in love applegrove Aug 2016 #39
More like a hit list. louis-t Aug 2016 #40
blames them for his business failures JI7 Aug 2016 #41
Probably meant Vietnam. He is still pissed off at them after he served there during the war. tonyt53 Aug 2016 #42
Trump: "I'll take Jap Anus Relations for 500, Trebek" Rocknrule Aug 2016 #45
A lot of cocaine? Rex Aug 2016 #46
"Because it's there" ailsagirl Aug 2016 #50
He's envious of their bigger pee-pees. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #51
Donald Trump: the best foreign policy expert. Initech Aug 2016 #54

Siwsan

(26,249 posts)
5. It is so nonsensical, I can't even begin to explain but I put in a link to HuffPo.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:50 AM
Aug 2016
Donald Trump: If The U.S. Is Attacked, Japan ‘Can Sit Home And Watch Sony Television’

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-japan-sony_us_57a638d8e4b03ba680128d39?kjnyuus0pf95uq5mi&
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
13. Thanks.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:58 AM
Aug 2016

Possibly the most self destructive man that ever lived. He's in such a downward spiral there is no hope for redemption.

Response to smirkymonkey (Reply #1)

edhopper

(33,479 posts)
2. and he ranted about them watching
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:49 AM
Aug 2016

their Sony TVs.

what decade does he think he is in?

does he still think Sony's are cheap "made in Japan" electronics. And we still have American made TVs?

 

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)
10. Straight up racism
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:55 AM
Aug 2016

Took me back to the days when a Japanese car was called a "rice burner" in the Midwest when Japan kicked Detroit's ass for quality and price in the 80s.

Sony makes some of the best video equipment in the world, Donald. Cheap TVs are made in Malaysia and Mexico. Anything actually made in Japan is as well crafted as *anything* made in the US and Germany. And priced accordingly.

MineralMan

(146,254 posts)
33. Usually as they're watching them fade away in the distance
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 03:04 PM
Aug 2016

after they've passed the Harley riders. But, hey, Harleys have louder pipes, so there is that.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
11. Maybe he's pissed that Pokemon Go gets more respect than he does.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:55 AM
Aug 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
25. The best puns are those that take a moment to process.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 02:33 PM
Aug 2016

But then I ashed furret, didn't I? (I confess: I had to Google that.)
[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
49. Wow, just Wow.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 09:48 PM
Aug 2016

Best I have seen from you, and that is saying something.

You really know how to poke a man.

Wounded Bear

(58,598 posts)
12. Bad sushi for dinner last night, maybe?
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:56 AM
Aug 2016

Who fucking knows what drives the guy. Apparently it's the last thing that happened to him.

Warpy

(111,141 posts)
17. Sony?
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 12:08 PM
Aug 2016

They're watching Korean TVs made in China the same way we are.

Trump has obviously spent the last 30 years waddling around, kissing his own ass and missing everything going on in the world.

sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)
20. I've always had good luck with Sony products, excellent quality.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 12:14 PM
Aug 2016


Pretty sure this is Orange Hitler being Racist.

Warpy

(111,141 posts)
22. Racist and clueless about the world around him.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 12:17 PM
Aug 2016

I've had such lousy luck with competitors that I'll insist on Sony DVD players. I'm right with you there.

And Trump is still a racist dimwit.

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
23. Hiroshima
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 12:20 PM
Aug 2016

August 6th 1945.

Likely saw something on Fox about Hiroshima, that lead him into the Japan rant.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
24. That's what I'm thinking. Japan caught his attention and
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 01:25 PM
Aug 2016

he decided that they are still our enemy because you know.......Hiroshima.

Ms. Toad

(33,992 posts)
37. Can't believe it took most of an hour for anyone to recognize the connection.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 03:21 PM
Aug 2016

He's been talking about nuclear bombs the last few days; the anniversary of uur next to last use of nuclear weapons against a country was yesterday - of course he's going to trash Japan. (The content of his talk is also a pretty direct reference to the constitutional anti-war stance that arose out of Japan's experience as the target of the only nuclear weapon attacks on a country and its civilians.)

demigoddess

(6,640 posts)
53. most republicans are still fighting WWII or feeding off the victory they think we won
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 10:39 PM
Aug 2016

singlehandedly. They do not move beyond WWII in their minds.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
27. Yes...he's got a list of people to offend :) Surprised he hasn't turned on the
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 02:37 PM
Aug 2016

non-educated voters (I love them, they love me !! )....since they are breaking to Clinton now. Perhaps that would vie for "new low". "Stupid people are so stupid. I am smart, I went to best school in the country."

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
28. Maybe he saw a clip of the Olympics on TV ...
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 02:41 PM
Aug 2016

... and there was a Japanese athlete on the screen.

That's probably all it would take.

lapucelle

(18,187 posts)
29. It was the anniversary of Hiroshima
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 02:52 PM
Aug 2016

so he may have had Japan on his mind.

I also read that Trump said that the Japanese constitution forbids the deployment of Japanese troops in foreign lands.

Therefore (according to Trump), if Japan were attacked, we would send troops to help them. If we were attacked, Japan could just stay home and watch their Sony televisions.

This all presupposes that Trump is correct in his reading of the treaty AND the Japanese constitution.

lapucelle

(18,187 posts)
35. This was Trump's interpretation, so it wouldn't surprise me if it were wrong.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 03:15 PM
Aug 2016

I have a feeling that the close reading of complex legal documents is outside Donald's skill set.

I edited my post to clarify.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,266 posts)
38. Their UN forces are more or less non-combatant
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 03:28 PM
Aug 2016

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces#Peacekeeping

The treaty with the US was written long before that, so it's true it's about joint defence only in the area of Japan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Mutual_Cooperation_and_Security_between_the_United_States_and_Japan

But a new agreement for full mutual defence with the USA would requite changing the constitution, and that brings up the objections of China and South Korea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_9_of_the_Japanese_Constitution

It's a tricky diplomatic situation, and not something Trump would have a clue how to negotiate, or what the stakes would be.

white_wolf

(6,238 posts)
48. Japanese constitution?
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 08:36 PM
Aug 2016

The man can't even understand the constitution of the country he's trying to lead.

Fozzledick

(3,860 posts)
31. Japan still has an antagonistic relationship with Russia.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 02:59 PM
Aug 2016

Japan started a war with Russia in 1904 over their influence on the Asian mainland, and Russia grabbed some Japanese islands during the second World War and refused to give them back. They're both still pissed at each other.

Perhaps Putin is writing Trump's foreign policy agenda.

applegrove

(118,492 posts)
39. He has an original thought: NATO needs to do more and he is so in love
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 03:52 PM
Aug 2016

with himself that he follows it wherever it goes.. all the way to Japan. He would be the anti NATO president. He would self indulge his own original ideas the whole time he was president. To prove to himself he is a genius. Which is what Putin called him. And is how Putin has control of him. Which makes him not a genius but a patsy. Like I've said before: Trump should be a muse. Not a president.

 

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)
42. Probably meant Vietnam. He is still pissed off at them after he served there during the war.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 04:10 PM
Aug 2016

WAIT A MINUTE!!!!! Trump was a draft dodger.

Initech

(100,038 posts)
54. Donald Trump: the best foreign policy expert.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:06 PM
Aug 2016

No one is a better foreign policy expert than he is.

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