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Donald Trump: “Japan has offered to get involved, but...Japan was not…”

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What do you want to know? Go ahead, just tell me. What do you want to know? Okay, my question is, did you ask other G7 nations to send military force? Japan has offered to get involved, but...Japan was not willing to get involved during the war. I asked her, I said, you want to get involved a little bit? I did put the heavy cell on, but they said, no, we don't want to get involved. (1:02:00–1:02:07)

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Asserts that Japan offered to get involved post-conflict but not during the war.

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