In his inauguration speech, President Donald Trump claimed an American first split the atom. A New Zealand mayor immediately disputed.

Physicists from both New Zealand and Britain have been credited with splitting the atom — but there is consensus that it was not an American.

Nelson, New Zealand, Mayor Nick Smith corrected President Donald Trump's inaugural speech when it came to who gets credit for splitting the atom. Trump made a claim Monday that an American split ...

The tale of splitting the atom isn't just about America—it's a journey from New Zealand to Manchester, led by the brilliant ...

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. The mayor of ...

Donald Trump has sparked outrage in New Zealand following a statement during his second-term inauguration speech in Washington, D.C.

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 ...

Nick Smith, the mayor of Nelson, challenged Trump’s claim Americans split the atom, stating the feat was actually achieved by ...

He added he would be inviting the US ambassador to New Zealand to Nelson, when appointed, to visit the Lord Rutherford ...