Nelson, New Zealand, Mayor Nick Smith corrected President Donald Trump’s inaugural speech when it came to who gets credit for splitting the atom. Trump made a claim Monday that an American split ...

Jan 21, 2025 · A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump, after the freshly sworn-in U.S. president heaped praise on American scientists for splitting the atom.

Jan 21, 2025 · 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”...

Jan 21, 2025 · U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration in an inauguration speech that Americans “split the atom” prompted vexed social media posts on Tuesday by New Zealanders, who said the achievement belonged to a pioneering scientist revered in his homeland.

Jan 21, 2025 · New Zealanders are expressing frustration after U.S. President Donald Trump credited Americans with splitting the atom in his second inaugural address——an achievement widely attributed to ...

Jan 22, 2025 · President Donald Trump’s false declaration that Americans “split the atom” has vexed New Zealanders who say the achievement belongs to one of their scientists.

Jan 21, 2025 · The experiment involved bombarding a thin sheet of gold foil with alpha particles, and earned Rutherford, from Brightwater on New Zealand's South Island, the moniker the "father of nuclear physics".

Jan 20, 2025 · 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...

Jan 21, 2025 · When Trump appointed a US ambassador to New Zealand, Smith said he would invite them to Nelson to visit the Lord Rutherford Memorial in Brightwater. Smith said he would do so to "keep the historic record on who split the atom first accurate."

Jan 21, 2025 · WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 vexed social media posts by New Zealanders, who said the achievement belonged to a pioneering scientist revered in his homeland.