Donald Trump's defiant 5-word comparison between Iran attack and Hiroshima

Donald Trump likened his airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, claiming that he ended the war between Israel and Iran with his military actions.

"It was so bad it ended the war. It ended the war," Trump told a crowd of reporters gathered for a press conference at The Hague in the Netherlands, where world leaders met for the NATO summit over the past several days.

"Somebody said in a certain way that it was so devastating, actually, if you look at Hiroshima, if you look at Nagasaki, that ended a war, too," Trump continued. "This ended a war in a different way. It was so devastating."

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On Saturday night, Trump sent over 30 bombs into Iran, striking three nuclear enrichment facilities in Natanz, Fordo and Isfahan.

He claimed the strikes destroyed and "obliterated" the sites, but recent intelligence suggests that the sites are still standing, with most of the equipment at Fordo — including the centrifuges — still intact.

"We destroyed the nuclear. No other words — it's destroyed," the president reiterated on Wednesday afternoon. "I said, Iran will not have nuclear. Well, we blew it up. It's blown up to kingdom come."

He was later wishy-washy about whether or not he would be meeting with Iran again to discuss nuclear proliferation, at first ruling out the possibility, stating, "The way I look at it, they fought. The war is done. I don't care if I have an agreement or not." He added, "They're not going to be doing it anyway. They've had it."

Shortly thereafter, however, he said, "I'll tell you what, we're going to talk with them next week, with Iran. We may sign an agreement. I don't know."

Dialogue between Tehran and Washington halted after Israel fired on the country a couple of weeks ago, with Iran blaming the U.S., in part, for the strikes, despite having no direct involvement.

They stalled further after the U.S. struck the country itself, becoming immersed in the conflict that is now nearly two weeks old.

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Before he left for the summit on Tuesday morning, Trump swore on live TV, venting his frustrations with Israel and Iran both after Israel broke a tenuous ceasefire, "retaliating" against Iran for the country's alleged early morning strikes against it, which it vehemently denied.

"We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f--- they're doing," the president said.