President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his use of the term « mission accomplished » to describe Friday’s missile strike in Syria.
« A perfectly executed strike last night, » Trump tweeted Saturday. « Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished! »
Republican President George W. Bush famously stood in front of a banner emblazoned with the phrase « Mission Accomplished » as he spoke aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1,2003, to mark the end of « major combat operations » in Iraq after just over a month of fighting.
The war in Iraq dragged on for years to come, American casualties piled up, and the « Mission Accomplished » banner became a punch line .
