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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,001 posts)
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 11:18 PM Dec 2021

TFG: Joe Biden risked relations with Britain by removing Churchill bust from Oval Office

Joe Biden, the US President, risked relations with the UK by removing Winston Churchill's bust from the Oval Office, Donald Trump has said, as he described the wartime leader as a “very handsome man”.

Mr Trump, who was president from 2016 to 2020, also warned that China could try to invade Taiwan after the winter Olympics in Beijing in a few months' time.

In an interview with former Ukip leader Nigel Farage for GB News, Mr Trump said he had no idea that Mr Biden had removed the bust of Churchill in one of his first acts when he entered the White House earlier this year.

He said: "Why would you do that with Winston Churchill when you're trying to get along with your country? ... It is such a token, but such an important token.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-biden-risked-relations-202955087.html

Must be why Churchill's party was swept from power right after WWII.

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TFG: Joe Biden risked relations with Britain by removing Churchill bust from Oval Office (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2021 OP
orange anus says what demtenjeep Dec 2021 #1
Still trying to stay relevant....... poor Widdle Donald. secondwind Dec 2021 #2
Actually, most British think the U.S.' Fascination with Churchill is weird rpannier Dec 2021 #3
Churchill was the sort of bulldog in charge they needed to survive WWII, but... Wounded Bear Dec 2021 #21
Two anal sphincters got together and produced a lot of shit. Solly Mack Dec 2021 #4
Lol Joinfortmill Dec 2021 #11
And in retaliation, every British office promptly removed all pictures of Donald Trump. tanyev Dec 2021 #5
👍 Joinfortmill Dec 2021 #10
Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Dec 2021 #17
So no one has the right to decorate their office kskiska Dec 2021 #6
Winston Churchill handsome? 3catwoman3 Dec 2021 #7
Lol Joinfortmill Dec 2021 #9
A young Winston: EX500rider Dec 2021 #12
I've never seen that picture, and I don't... 3catwoman3 Dec 2021 #14
Yeah he was almost 70 when he became Prime Minister in 1940, he was born in 1874 EX500rider Dec 2021 #16
I'm sure Trump knows close to nothing PatSeg Dec 2021 #18
Don't think the Brits are losing sleep over that. Joinfortmill Dec 2021 #8
Excellent point PatSeg Dec 2021 #19
Who is? Wounded Bear Dec 2021 #22
I've known some 15 year old "Mean Girls" PatSeg Dec 2021 #23
...who? ColinC Dec 2021 #13
Hey, Trump... LudwigPastorius Dec 2021 #15
Why didn't HE have a bust of Charles de Gaulle next to Churchill? GoCubsGo Dec 2021 #20

Wounded Bear

(58,660 posts)
21. Churchill was the sort of bulldog in charge they needed to survive WWII, but...
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 02:52 PM
Dec 2021

he was a conservative asshole after all.

tanyev

(42,559 posts)
5. And in retaliation, every British office promptly removed all pictures of Donald Trump.
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 11:26 PM
Dec 2021

And if they had no pictures of Donald Trump, they printed some for burning in the fireplace.

3catwoman3

(23,996 posts)
14. I've never seen that picture, and I don't...
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 01:55 AM
Dec 2021

…think I would have known it was him. Definitely looking good then.

That is certainly not what the bust in the WH looks like.

PatSeg

(47,468 posts)
18. I'm sure Trump knows close to nothing
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 02:02 PM
Dec 2021

about Winston Churchill. His interest in history is pretty much nonexistent.

Joinfortmill

(14,425 posts)
8. Don't think the Brits are losing sleep over that.
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 12:33 AM
Dec 2021

I'm sure the PM doesn't have a bust of FDR sitting in his office.

PatSeg

(47,468 posts)
23. I've known some 15 year old "Mean Girls"
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 04:33 PM
Dec 2021

who almost qualify, but even they have some redeeming qualities.

ColinC

(8,299 posts)
13. ...who?
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 01:22 AM
Dec 2021


Isn't Donald Trump the one time failed president, failed reality tv star, and 10 time bankrupt businessman? Why do I care what he has to say, again?

GoCubsGo

(32,084 posts)
20. Why didn't HE have a bust of Charles de Gaulle next to Churchill?
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 02:49 PM
Dec 2021

He was just as important an ally as Churchill. Leave it up to Trump to place a statue of a foreigner in the Oval Office, instead of a fellow American--and then make a big fucking deal of it when his successor removed it. Everything is about appearances with that asshole.

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