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".
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I had hoped for that!!!!
Thank you, Mr. Trump!
Leni
How about those horrific Gold Arabic draperies he loves to stand in front of while he lectures us on who “we” are and who “we” are not!!!!
AAAUUUGGGHHH
“*** “Get one of Reagan in there too, Mr. President” ***
If there isn’t one already of Thatcher get one”
Good grief people. Pretty soon there won’t be any room for Trump in the oval office, as it will be chock full of busts. Just get Winston back in there, as he was the one Obama kicked out.
Dinesh D'Souza made a persuasive case that Obama was a committed anti-colonialist who was mentored by a real Bolshevik, Frank Marshall Davis, whose communism was unalterably opposed to colonialism or, if you prefer, imperialism. The British were the world's most accomplished imperialists and their empire included Obama's father's home country. In his autobiography Obama professes admiration for the legacy of his father who was also a rank anti-British communist.
For the record, I believe that British imperialism was on balance a good thing for the Third World then known as the undeveloped world and, especially when compared to the legacy of other colonial powers, was a great boon to those countries where it cultivated a respect for democracy, and respect for the rule of law, a sense of decency and overall fair play. The nations that emerged independence from the British Empire tended to be much happier places than those nations which had been colonies of other European nations.
As one poster as already noted, Churchill was clearly the greatest man of the 20th century. He is universally recognized for his indispensable role in marshaling national courage in Britain to stand alone against a rampaging Hitler but Churchill was very much responsible, perhaps more responsible than any man alive at the time, for committing the free world to a postwar coalition against a very rapacious Joseph Stalin. Churchill was in fact a lifelong anti-Communist as represented by his role in the immediate aftermath of World War I in which he supported the presence of British troops in Russia where they opposed the Bolsheviks until Churchill was rounded upon in cabinet and in the media as a warmonger.
Similarly in the aftermath of World War II, Churchill sounded the alarm against the aggressive imperialism of Soviet Russia in Eastern Europe and his famous "iron curtain" speech in Fulton, Missouri and, as in the aftermath to World War I, Churchill was rounded upon by the media and the left on both sides of the Atlantic as a warmonger. Churchill early advocated for a NATO structure which has held together ever since and it's as presented a united front to an aggressive Soviet Union and, despite its weakness, has proven to be one of the most successful and enduring alliances of all time.
As a communist himself, it's easy to understand why Obama despised Churchill whom he must've seen as a living impediment, just as he no doubt views the Constitution as a dead letter impediment to the advancement of socialist nirvana.
Finally, Obama is a racialist who no doubt associates Churchill with racism and believes it to be inextricably attached to his imperialism.
Churchill was a Caucasian, capitalist, anti-Communist, and the wrong image to tolerate because it might frustrate Obama's efforts to transform the United States and the world is something that Winston Churchill would have fought with every fiber of his being.
After Obie so shamefully (mis)represented our country in returning Sir Winston, among so many other slights, I assumed Pres Trump would be forced to ask the PM back with hat in hand. Couldn’t blame the Brits for being offended at the snub.
Thank you to our UK allies!
We’re not going to become a European PC country anytime soon, especially now. True, our largest cities have a latte based sidewalk cafe ambience with rainbow flags galore, but out in the flyover hinterlands, citizens have guns, unlike their European counterparts.
As proof, look at the outrages by Muslim men against women in Germany & Sweden.
Where are the reports of similar uncivilized behavior here? Achmed knows that if he molests an American woman, he could wind up being turned into a collander.
There was a report of a young girl being raped by 3 muslims - Minnesota? It was big news here. And since I live along the train line that recently had bombs placed in trash cans, I don’t think we should get on our high horse...yet. We also had one of the very worst terrorist attacks any nation has suffered. Remember?
IIRC, Churchill lead the British military forces
that quelled the Kenyan uprising against the British colonials.
Very cool, thank you! I plan on using that myself.
Yes, Minneapolis is now Little Mogadishu. Got that.
Pres. Trump is going to nip Muslim resettlement in the bud. He’s also going to emphasize armed citizen involvement.
We’re far from being Europe.
Agree, but I thought those drapes had been changed to a hue I would call "dried blood red."
Either way, the Obamas made several bad choices in changing the Oval Office. I'm not a big fan of Trump Tower decor, but maybe Donald & Melania will have the good sense to restore the Oval Office to something more historically appropriate.
Wow! Good catch! Right arm!
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