Wellington, Jan 21, 2025 (AFP) - New Zealand mayor goes nuclear after Trump claims US 'split the atom'

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2025-01-21

A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump, after the freshly sworn-in US president heaped praise on American scientists for splitting the atom. Trump's inauguration address rattled off a list of crowning American feats such as ending slavery, launching into space, and the moment they "split the atom". The mayor of Nelson in New Zealand's South Island seized on the sub-atomic slight, pointing out that work to......

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