Unforgettable Trump: Compared Iran Bombing to Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Former U.S. President Donald Trump compared recent American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities to the historic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, stating that the operation immediately ended the Iran-Israel conflict. Speaking at the NATO Summit in The Hague, he described the attacks as ‘overwhelming’ and emphasized that without them, the confrontation would have continued. Trump insisted that the strikes against Iranian nuclear installations caused ‘total annihilation,’ despite an initial confidential Pentagon report finding that the attack only delayed Tehran’s nuclear program by a few months. He criticized media outlets like CNN and the New York Times for leaking information from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), asserting that the strikes set back Iran’s nuclear ambitions by decades. However, he admitted that intelligence information remains ‘unclear’ and preliminary. Trump did not hesitate to compare the strikes on Iran to the use of atomic bombs on Japan, claiming both were used to end wars. ‘I don’t want to use the example of Hiroshima. I don’t want to use the example of Nagasaki, but it was essentially the same thing—it ended that war,’ Trump told reporters at the NATO Summit, according to CNN. These statements aimed to highlight the significance of the attacks, which he claimed delayed Iran’s nuclear program by decades. Trump also suggested that the U.S. strikes on Iran could help advance progress in Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. ‘I think we are making great progress in Gaza. Due to the attack we made, I think we will have very good news,’ he said during the summit on Wednesday (June 25, 2025). According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, over 55,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023, including more than 17,000 children.