President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) In the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump made a joke about Pearl Harbour to the Japanese prime minister's face. It lasted seconds. It undid decades. Sanae Takaichi had come to Washington having done everything the moment required. She had flown from Tokyo, taken her seat in the Oval Office, and told Donald Trump she believed he was the only person on earth capable of achieving world peace. She had...