Trump says Japan rather than Iran in gaffe over missile attack on U.S. ship

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said "the Islamic Republic of Japan" fired missiles at a U.S. aircraft carrier, apparently confusing longtime ally Japan with Iran.Trump made the remark during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Turkish capital Ankara on the sidelines of a NATO summit."We had 111 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan," Trump said.He went on to say that the missiles were shot at the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln over a period of one hour and they were intercepted.Japan and the United States are longtime security allies and have b…READ FULL ARTICLE