Trump's Pathetic Kneepads Diplomacy
PREVIEW: SUBSCRIBE TO READ IN FULL! Trump's Pathetic Kneepads Diplomacy Trump is no student of history because he's ignoring Putin at democracy's peril Katie Phang Dec 8 ∙ Preview On the morning of December 7, 1941 , Imperial Japan launched a surprise military strike on an important U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, targeting the Pacific Fleet in Hawaii. In just a few hours, five of eight battleships, three destroyers, and seven other ships were sunk or severely damaged, and more than 200 aircraft were destroyed. Two Thousand Four Hundred Americans were killed and One Thousand Two Hundred were wounded, many during their attempts to fight back against the surprise attack that ultimately catapulted the U.S. into World War II. It was a deliberate, unprovoked attack meant to cripple American power and force the U.S. out of Japan’s expansionist dreams. Just one day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared before a joint session of Congress and decl...