Pakistan, June 25 -- THE HAGUE - U.S. President Donald Trump made headlines on Wednesday by comparing the recent American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites to the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, claiming the action ended the war between Israel and Iran.

Speaking ahead of a NATO summit in The Hague, Trump addressed concerns that intelligence reports suggested the impact of the strikes was limited. However, he rejected the notion of uncertainty, stating, "The intelligence says 'we don't know,' but I think we can take the 'we don't know' as 'it was very severe.' It was obliteration."

Despite a recent Defense Intelligence (DIA) report suggesting Iran's nuclear program was only delayed by a few months, Trump asserted that the st...