One of the big existential horrors of the world currently is reading a quote from the President of the US, not being able to believe it and then it being verbatim
Trump, sitting with Japan's PM, when asked why he didn't tell allies like Japan he was going to attack Iran: "You don't want to signal too much...We wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Okay? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor, okay? Right? He's asking me - no, you believe in surprise, I think, much moreso than us."