{"id":266126,"date":"2026-08-26T21:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/266126\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T21:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:25:13","slug":"trump-declares-mission-accomplished-in-iran-as-conflict-drags-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/266126\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump declares \u2018Mission Accomplished\u2019 in Iran, as conflict drags on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">US President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared \u201cMission Accomplished\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Trump posted an image of himself along with Iran\u2019s slain former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei against a stylised landscape background of punishing US air and missile attacks.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201c2026 Mission Accomplished\u201d, a caption reads.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The slogan evokes former President George W. Bush\u2019s infamous speech about the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, a conflict that continued for years afterwards.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Trump even included a photo of Bush in the image with the caption \u201cMission not accomplished 2001-21\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US President Trump posted an image on his social media platform on Wednesday, declaring \u201cMission Accomplished 2026\u201d. Image: Truth Social\/realDonaldTrump\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/36dba2ce-04ac-4453-974b-fbcb25cbd243_6771416a.jpg\" title=\"US President Trump posted an image on his social media platform on Wednesday, declaring \u201cMission Accomplished 2026\u201d. Image: Truth Social\/realDonaldTrump\"\/>US President Trump posted an image on his social media platform on Wednesday, declaring \u201cMission Accomplished 2026\u201d. Image: Truth Social\/realDonaldTrump<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Bush\u2019s 2003 remarks were made aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in front of a \u201cMission Accomplished\u201d banner. 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