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.
Source: Trump vexes New Zealanders by claiming one of their proudest historical moments for America
fta:
Smith said he would invite the next U.S. ambassador to New Zealand to visit Rutherford’s birthplace memorial “so we can keep the historic record on who split the atom first accurate.”
bet this never happens, and we’ll never hear a correction or apolgy from tfg
