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'It ended the war': Trump likens Iran strikes to Hiroshima bombing

US President Donald Trump has compared his attacks on Iran's nuclear programme to the bombing of Hiroshima, as Nato leaders praised him as a "man of peace" at the alliance's summit.

The summit's main session on Wednesday was overshadowed by the aftermath of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran and the ongoing war on Gaza.

Trump dismissed reports that downplayed the effectiveness of his strikes on Iran, describing the operation as a "tremendous success".

"Two Iranians went down to see it and they said this place is gone," he said, presumably referring to one of Iran's nuclear research sites.

He told the summit "that hit ended the war". 

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