The slogan evokes George W. Bush’s infamous speech about the US invasion of Iraq, made aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier
2-MIN READ2-MIN1 ListenTribune News ServicePublished: 4:57am, 27 Aug 2026Updated: 4:59am, 27 Aug 2026US President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared “Mission Accomplished” in Iran even as the unpopular and costly war drags on with no end in sight and no sign that the United States is close to achieving any of the lofty goals he set for the conflict.
Trump posted an image of himself along with Iran’s slain former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei against a stylised landscape background of punishing US air and missile attacks.
The slogan evokes former President George W. Bush’s infamous speech about the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, a conflict that continued for years afterwards.
Trump even included a photo of Bush in the image with the caption “Mission not accomplished 2001-21”.
Bush’s 2003 remarks were made aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in front of a “Mission Accomplished” banner. The aircraft carrier was recently back in the headlines over its record-setting deployment in support of the US war against Iran.
