Trump claimed the United States split the atom. New Zealand begs to differ.
Physicists from both New Zealand and Britain have been credited with splitting the atom — but there is consensus that it was not an American.
Trump Says USA Split The Atom. Ernest Rutherford Would Like A Word
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Trump's bizarre claim ‘US split the atom’ fumes New Zealanders; Who was Sir Ernest Rutherford?
Donald Trump angered New Zealanders on his first day in office when he asserted that America split the atom, something that Sir Ernest Rutherford accomplished.
Trump wrongly claims Manchester's atom split feat
Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's claims in his inaugural speech, says a lecturer at one of the city's universities. The 47th US President erroneously listed the feat among his country's achievements during his address in Washington DC, after he was sworn on Monday.
Nelson Mayor responds to Donald Trump's claim America split the atom in speech
Nelson Mayor Nick Smith said on social media he was "surprised" to hear Trump making claims about the atom in his inauguration speech. "That honour belongs to Nelson's most famous and favourite son Sir Ernest Rutherford. [embed https://www.facebook.com/honnicksmith/posts/pfbid02ndf7Lsz8sizpqQXLgCcRrmE9iAYs7tWmqkYPVFh6LmhUyDGMHuVYMRZixXMv1xfcl
Mayor hits back after Trump claims US split the atom
Donald Trump claimed in his inauguration speech that the US was the first to split the atom - despite the fact that Kiwi Ernest Rutherford was the first to
Trump inauguration atom claim: New US President seemingly rewrites history on splitting atom
New Zealand is defending one of the most significant accomplishments by one of its people against claims from newly sworn-in United States President Donald Trump that an American was the first to split the atom.
Trump claims U.S. "split the atom." New Zealand says that's false.
After President Trump's claim, a mayor in New Zealand pointed out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by physicist Ernest Rutherford.
Did America really split the atom? New Zealand and the UK would like to have a word
When U.S. President Donald Trump claimed during his inaugural address that Americans “split the atom,” a ripple of irritation spread across the globe. The statement, made to bolster the nation’s scientific prowess,
Trump's Claim About Splitting the Atom Is Shot Down
A science-related comment made by President Trump during an inauguration address on Tuesday sparked online backlash, particularly among New Zealanders. Trump said Americans "crossed deserts, scaled mountains,
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Kiwis goes nuclear after Donald Trump steals ‘the one thing we did’ and claims it for America
The mayor of a New Zealand city has rubbished an eyebrow-raising claim made by President Donald Trump during his wild ...
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Donald Trump's 'Split the Atom' Claim Vexes New Zealanders
Ernest Rutherford, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, lecturing in New Zealand, 1926. Rutherford’s research in the United Kingdom in 1917 made him the first to split the atom.
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Trump vexes New Zealanders by claiming one of their proudest historical moments for America
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Among other false and misleading claims in U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration addresses on Tuesday, his declaration that Americans “split the atom” prompted ...
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Donald Trump seems to confuse Spain with South Africa: ‘You’ll figure it out’
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The 47th president of the US is now in office and President Trump’s second term looks certain to be consequential for the ...