The White House has stressed Obama will not apologize for America’s use of the bombs when he visits the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Friday.

It was back in 2009, that Obama first expressed a desire to visit Hiroshima or Nagasaki. But the time was never right — until now.

President Obama declared the Gulf Cooperation Council meetings with leaders from member nations a “success.” However, proof of that remains to be seen.

Donald Trump has questioned why the 28-nation alliance even still exists, but the president calls it “the cornerstone of our collective defense.”

U.S. officials estimate there’s some 2000 metric tons of nuclear material being housed in civilian and military programs around the world.

The president brushed aside critics who say his strategy against ISIS is too cautious against an enemy keen on slaughtering civilians.

The trip marks an end to more than a half-century of official estrangement between the historic Cold War rivals.