‘This ended the war’: Trump compares US strikes on Iran to Hiroshima – video

'This ended the war': Trump compares US strikes on Iran to Hiroshima – video

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‘This ended the war’: Trump compares US strikes on Iran to Hiroshima – video

Speaking alongside the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, Donald Trump compared the US strikes on Iran to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, saying: ‘This was essentially the same thing: that ended that war; this ended the war.’ Trump’s comments came after a Pentagon report that said the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites only set the programme back by months. Trump has rejected these claims

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