"One thing, you don't want to signal too much. When we went in, we went in very hard and did not tell anybody about it because we wanted the surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why did you not tell me about Pearl Harbor? Okay, right? He is asking me now you believe in surprise, I think, much more so than us, and we had to surprise them, and we did."
"And because of that surprise we knocked out in the first two days, probably knocked out 50% of and much more than we anticipated. So if I go and tell everybody about it, it's no longer a surprise, right?"
During an Oval Office meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, President Trump responded to questions about why he did not warn allies like Japan before launching strikes against Iran. Trump justified his decision by emphasizing the strategic importance of surprise, referencing Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. He argued that announcing military operations in advance would eliminate the element of surprise, which he credited with enabling the strikes to destroy approximately 50% of targets in the first two days. Trump stated that maintaining secrecy was essential to the operation's success. Takaichi remained silent during Trump's response and did not comment on his Pearl Harbor reference.
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