On an Easter Sunday in which millions of Americans prayed that a missing F-15E weapons officer would be rescued, the phrase “God is good” echoed with a deep, resonating impact.
The story was told by Axios, which said that the expression of faith from a highly religious warfighter at one time led to concerns that the phrase may have come from someone else.
President Donald Trump said that after the weapons officer ejected from the jet as it was crashing toward Iranian soil, he said, “Power be to God.”
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A U.S. defense official whom Axios did not identify said Trump had the words wrong, and that the officer actually said, “God is good.”
God is good.
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) April 5, 2026
That phrase was adopted by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in a triumphant Sunday morning post on X.
But before the weapons officer was rescued,
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