President Donald Trump insists the US attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities but insisted the bombing strike obliterated Tehran’s nuclear programme, setting it back decades. Speaking at the Nato summit, Trump compared the US operation to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Those attacks on Japan killed an estimated 150,00 to 246,000 people, mostly civilians. “That hit ended the war. I don't want to use an example of Hiroshima. I don't want to use an example of Nagasaki, but that was essentially the same thing, that ended that war. This ended that with the war,” he said.
A leaked preliminary intelligence assessment is said to have found that the US military strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend did not destroy the country’s nuclear programme. Trump admitted the early intelligence was “very inconclusive” before doubling down on his claims the attack destroyed the nuclear sites. Later on Wednesday, an Iranian confirmed the country’s nuclear sites had been “badly damaged”. Earlier, Trump claimed he “stopped the war” as a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to hold. “It was my great honor to Destroy All Nuclear facilities & capability, and then, STOP THE WAR!” he said.