Politics | President Trump Trump References Hiroshima in Iran Strike Comments Said both brought conflicts to an end By Kate Seamons Posted Jun 25, 2025 7:34 AM CDT Copied President Trump looks on during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the NATO summit of heads of state and government in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP) After swinging at reports that America's bombs dealt a relatively minor setback to Iran's nuclear problem, President Trump described the US strike on Iran in historic terms: by likening it to the war-ending decision to drop atomic weapons on Japan. The Guardian reports that while at the NATO summit at the Hague Wednesday, Trump had this to say, per the Guardian and Reuters: "Had we not succeeded with that hit? That hit ended the war. 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. That ended that war. This ended the war. If we didn't take that out, they would have been they'd be fighting right now." As for what the future holds, the Financial Times quotes Trump as telling reporters, "I think we'll end up having somewhat of a relationship with Iran." Read These Next Sienna proves herself to be a very, very good dog. Three hikers jumped into a waterfall and never resurfaced. America has lost a '60s teen idol. Millions of student loan borrowers could see their paychecks docked. Report an error