Iran finally reveals the damage to its nuclear labs as Trump compares bombings to Hiroshima

Donald Trump doubled down on his claims that U.S. bombs obliterated Iran‘s nuclear facilities and slammed the media for suggesting otherwise as Tehran’s foreign ministry finally revealed the extent of the damage.

The president kicked off meetings at the NATO summit on Wednesday by comparing  Saturday’s precision airstrikes to the two atomic bombings on Japan that ended World War II

‘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,’ he told reporters at The Hague.

Iran’s foreign ministry confirmed that its nuclear facilities were ‘badly damaged’ in the strikes, contradicting a leaked U.S. intelligence assessment that suggested the destruction was less extensive.

Trump lashed out at media outlets including CNN, The New York Times and MSNBC, calling them ‘scum’ for publishing reports that suggested the destruction was less extensive.

‘They’re bad people, they’re sick. And what they’ve done is they want to turn this incredible victory into something less,’ he added.

Earlier in the day, NATO chief Mark Rutte suggested Donald Trump dealt with Israel and Iran’s war in the Middle East like a ‘daddy’ who uses ‘strong language’ to stop two children fighting in a schoolyard

Rutte put on a fawning display with Trump, calling his intervention in the Iran-Israel conflict ‘decisive’ and labelling him a ‘man of strength but also a man of peace’.

Trump also received a boost at the summit as leaders of all 32 NATO nations agreed to a significant increase in defense spending and reaffirmed their ‘ironclad’ commitment to collective defense.