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Trump To Bring Back Churchill Statue SHAMEFULLY Removed from White House by President Obama
The London Daily Express ^ | : 16:11, Mon, Nov 14, 2016

Posted on 11/14/2016 2:45:47 PM PST by drewh

NIGEL FARAGE has revealed that Donald Trump will re-install a bust of Winston Churchill removed from the Oval Office by Barack Obama - in a clear sign of the friendship the new President wishes to foster with Britain.

The interim Ukip leader said Mr Trump has already pushed Britain to the front of the queue for a favourable trade relationship and added that he is the man to forge stronger ties with the US as he flew to visit the business tycoon in his first days as President Elect.

Mr Farage said: "We talked about the prospect of the United Kingdom being at the front of the queue, all of which was met positively."

The Ukip leader described Donald Trump as an "anglophile" and said his re-installation of the Churchill statue was a clear sign of his appreciation for the historically warm relationship between the allies.

He said: "At the end of our time with Trump we asked him if the bust of Sir Winston Churchill that Obama had removed from the Oval Office could be put back in its rightful place. He enthusiastically thought that was a good idea. Need I say more?"

Nigel Farage played a key role in Mr Trump's US election campaign, speaking at rallies and drumming up support, with Mr Trump referring to his shock election victory as "Brexit plus plus".

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britain; churchill; england; trump
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

What do the Chia Obamas go for nowadays?


141 posted on 11/14/2016 4:08:49 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: DIRTYSECRET

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142 posted on 11/14/2016 4:16:36 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: drewh

Do you think the Queen will return Obama’s gift he gave to England, his speeches on a set of CD’s? I doubt she still has them. They were probably used as coasters for parties at Buckingham Palace.


143 posted on 11/14/2016 4:19:23 PM PST by Beave Meister (Die Hard Cubs Fan.....if it takes forever.)
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To: shhrubbery!

You’re correct .. I pinged you to my previous post #100 as it your #67 that I was referring the other poster to.


144 posted on 11/14/2016 4:20:02 PM PST by tomkat
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To: Beave Meister
... his speeches on a set of CD’s?

Weren't they DVDs? I'm remembering that they had the annoyance of finding a player for the region code.

145 posted on 11/14/2016 4:23:45 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: cardinal4

How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.

The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.

A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.

Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.

No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.

— Sir Winston Churchill (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50 [London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899]).
(My note. . .He was 25 years old at the time)


146 posted on 11/14/2016 4:24:12 PM PST by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.)
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To: drewh

Woohoo! Freepers predicted this!


147 posted on 11/14/2016 4:25:48 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: drewh

NICE!!!!


148 posted on 11/14/2016 4:27:43 PM PST by Crucial
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To: Secret Agent Man

And I reject your stupid comments about Churchill & the Brits - which is why I responded to them in the first place.


149 posted on 11/14/2016 4:35:50 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: drewh

Winston Churchill is among the greatest of Western Civilization while Barack Obama is not worthy of mention (please note that i am being polite).

Trump should accept the return of the bust and immediately send it out to be guided in gold.

Obama is but that which is composted into organic fertilizer IYKWIMAITTYD.


150 posted on 11/14/2016 4:36:34 PM PST by turfmann
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To: drewh
I would love to see Trump walk of the plane carrying it. Later we see him walk into the Whitehouse and he puts it back where it was.

151 posted on 11/14/2016 4:39:49 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill TWITTER !! Kill FACEBOOK !! Free MILO !!)
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To: drewh

” WE WILL FIGHT ON THE BEACHES, WE WILL FIGHT ON THE LANDING GROUNDS, WE SHALL FIGHT IN THE FIELDS AND IN THE STREETS,WE SHALL FIGHT IN THE HILLS, WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER”.
THIS GUY SHOULD BE AN HONORARY MARINE.
SEMPER FIDELIS.


152 posted on 11/14/2016 4:40:04 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: JediJones

YES!!!!


153 posted on 11/14/2016 4:40:46 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

When I read this my mouth just smiled and smiled and my heart, a happy dance. I was ashamed of Obama when he sent it back. What an upstart.


154 posted on 11/14/2016 4:43:22 PM PST by Bodega (elective, therapeutic abortion sequelae)
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To: drewh

SOURCE: https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/07/27/fact-check-bust-winston-churchill

Fact Check: The Bust of Winston Churchill

JULY 27, 2012 AT 1:21 PM ET BY DAN PFEIFFER

Lately, there’s been a rumor swirling around about the current location of the bust of Winston Churchill. Some have claimed that President Obama removed the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office and sent it back to the British Embassy.

Now, normally we wouldn’t address a rumor that’s so patently false, but just this morning the Washington Post’s Charles Krauthammer repeated this ridiculous claim in his column. He said President Obama “started his Presidency by returning to the British Embassy the bust of Winston Churchill that had graced the Oval Office.”

This is 100% false. The bust still in the White House. In the Residence. Outside the Treaty Room.

News outlets have debunked this claim time and again. First, back in 2010 the National Journal reported that “the Churchill bust was relocated to a prominent spot in the residence to make room for Abraham Lincoln, a figure from whom the first African-American occupant of the Oval Office might well draw inspiration in difficult times.” And just in case anyone forgot, just last year the AP reported that President Obama “replaced the Oval Office fixture with a bust of one of his American heroes, President Abraham Lincoln, and moved the Churchill bust to the White House residence.”

In case these news reports are not enough for Mr. Krauthammer and others, here’s a picture of the President showing off the Churchill bust to Prime Minister Cameron when he visited the White House residence in 2010.

Hopefully this clears things up a bit and prevents folks from making this ridiculous claim again.

Update:

Since my post on the fact that the bust of Winston Churchill has remained on display in the White House, despite assertions to the contrary, I have received a bunch of questions — so let me provide some additional info. The White House has had a bust of Winston Churchill since the 1960’s. At the start of the Bush administration Prime Minister Blair lent President Bush a bust that matched the one in the White House, which was being worked on at the time and was later returned to the residence. The version lent by Prime Minister Blair was displayed by President Bush until the end of his Presidency. On January 20, 2009 — Inauguration Day — all of the art lent specifically for President Bush’s Oval Office was removed by the curator’s office, as is common practice at the end of every presidency. The original Churchill bust remained on display in the residence. The idea put forward by Charles Krauthammer and others that President Obama returned the Churchill bust or refused to display the bust because of antipathy towards the British is completely false and an urban legend that continues to circulate to this day.


155 posted on 11/14/2016 4:46:03 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

President Barack Obama shows Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom a bust of Sir Winston Churchill in the private residence of the White House, July 20, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
156 posted on 11/14/2016 4:46:59 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Is that Obama bowing to Churchill?


157 posted on 11/14/2016 4:47:37 PM PST by Chgogal (A woman who votes for Hillary is voting with her vagina and not her brain.)
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To: miss marmelstein

I want Onabla’s sphincter to tighten up every time he hears a word from Trump.

Between Onambla and hILLary, they represent everything that is presently wrong in the entire world. I can’’t say I hate them, but I just want them to be forgotten while they rot in jail.

I was always taught the opposite of love is not hate, it’s apathy.


158 posted on 11/14/2016 4:50:20 PM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: PrinceOfCups

‘Never has so much been owed by so many to one man’

I love it!


159 posted on 11/14/2016 4:51:46 PM PST by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian)
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To: windsorknot

OBASTARD will be remembered as a failure and a pussy.
Winston Churchill will always be remembered and revered as one of the greatest statesmen (and toughest SOBs) of the 20th century.
OBSTARD IS, always has BEEN, and always WILL BE remembered as a C#NT.


160 posted on 11/14/2016 4:52:31 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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