US President Donald Trump drew a parallel between US strikes on Iran and Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour decades ago, as he defended the Iran war during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Washington on March 19.<br /><br />"Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbour?" joked Trump.<br /><br />The Japanese attack on the US naval base in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii on Dec 7, 1941, killed 2,390 Americans, and the US declared war on Japan the next day.<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
