Donald Trump's 'Split the Atom' Claim Vexes New Zealanders
3 days ago · 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.
Trump vexes New Zealanders by claiming one of their proudest …
3 days ago · 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.. Ernest Rutherford, a Nobel Prize winner known as the father of ...
New Zealanders Balk at Trump Claim That Americans Split Atom
3 days ago · 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 ...
Trump claims U.S. "split the atom." New Zealand says that's false.
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. Mr. Trump's ...
Trump vexes New Zealanders by claiming one of their proudest …
2 days ago · WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Among other false and misleading claims in President Donald Trump’s inaugural address, his declaration that Americans “split the atom” prompted vexed social media ...
Nelson Mayor responds to Donald Trump's claim America split the atom …
3 days ago · "Nelsonians and New Zealanders should be very proud of Ernest Rutherford's achievement in 1917 in being the first to split the atom and we just need to politely remind Americans of that." Rutherford, who died in the 1930s, was awarded a Nobel Prize in chemistry. His portrait has appeared on the New Zealand $100 note since 1992.
Trump claims Manchester atom split as US achievement - BBC
3 days ago · A mayor in New Zealand's South Island said he was a "bit surprised" by the president's claim "when that honour belongs to Nelson's most famous and favourite son, Sir Ernest Rutherford".
Trump’s false claim during inaugural speech that US ‘split the atom ...
3 days ago · New Zealand irked by Trump’s claim Advertisment Nick Smith, the mayor of Nelson, the city near which Rutherford grew up, said he would invite the US ambassador to New Zealand to “visit the Lord Rutherford memorial in Brightwater so we can keep the historic record on who split the atom first accurate”.
Trump claimed the United States split the atom. New Zealand …
3 days ago · Physicists from both New Zealand and Britain have been credited with splitting the atom — but there is consensus that it was not an American. January 21, 2025 at 5:36 a.m. EST Yesterday at 5:36 ...
New Zealanders upset after Trump falsely claims US split the atom
3 days ago · Donald Trump vexed New Zealanders on the first day of his presidency after he claimed that America split the atom – a feat achieved by Sir Ernest Rutherford from Nelson in New Zealand.
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