This feels like a very odd debate. When Fermi did his experiment he wasn't American. He was Italian. It takes some mental gymnastics to both project his US citi

This feels like a very odd debate. When Fermi did his experiment he wasn't American. He was Italian. It takes some mental gymnastics to both project his US citizenship pre war, and to make his experiment happen before Rutherford. Why can't we just say Trumps comment is a-historical and wrong instead of performing a triple backflip with facts?