President Donald Trump invoked Pearl Harbour while defending the US strike on Iran and his decision not to alert allies in advance, saying during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi: "Who knows surprise better than Japan?"The president was pressed in the Oval Office why he did not coordinate or inform allies, such as Japan, that he was planning on striking Iran.Mr Trump, as he has repeatedly done since the war in Iran began, said it was needed to maintain the element of surpris

President Donald Trump invoked Pearl Harbour while defending the US strike on Iran and his decision not to alert allies in advance, saying during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi: "Who knows surprise better than Japan?"The president was pressed in the Oval Office why he did not coordinate or inform allies, such as Japan, that he was planning on striking Iran.Mr Trump, as he has repeatedly done since the war in Iran began, said it was needed to maintain the element of surprise.