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Sunday, April 15, 2018
Trump tweets defense of ‘mission accomplished’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump is defending his use of the phrase “mission accomplished” to refer to the US-led strikes in Syria.
Trump tweets on Sunday that the mission was “so perfectly carried out, with such precision, that the only way the Fake News Media could demean was by my use of the term ‘Mission Accomplished.'”
He adds: “I knew they would seize on this but felt it is such a great Military term, it should be brought back. Use often!”
Trump’s use of the phrase Saturday had evoked comparisons with former president George W. Bush, who in 2003 stood under a banner that read “Mission Accomplished” as he declared that major combat operations had ended in Iraq six weeks after the invasion. But the war dragged on for years.
— AP
The Syrian raid was so perfectly carried out, with such precision, that the only way the Fake News Media could demean was by my use of the term “Mission Accomplished.” I knew they would seize on this but felt it is such a great Military term, it should be brought back. Use often!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2018
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