In simple terms, that assertion is correct, but for those with an expertise in the field, the longer answer to who did it ...

After President Trump's claim, a mayor in New Zealand pointed out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by physicist Ernest Rutherford.

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New Zealanders are expressing frustration after U.S. President Donald Trump credited Americans with splitting the atom in his second inaugural address——an achievement widely attributed to Ernest ...

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

However, Dr Sumner said it was "not the kind of splitting the atom that led to nuclear power and nuclear bombs. That, he added, "comes a bit later still". Why might US scientists have a claim?

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 ...

However, Dr Sumner said it was "not the kind of splitting the atom that led to nuclear power and nuclear bombs. That, he added, "comes a bit later still". Why might US scientists have a claim? Many ...