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Trump to bring back Churchill statue SHAMEFULLY removed from White House by Barack Obama

express.co.uk ^ | November 15, 2016 | Rehema Figueiredo

Posted on by grundle

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."

His comments come after outgoing President Barack Obama told the UK earlier this year that its decision to leave the EU meant it would be at the "back of the queue" for trade talks.

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".

The Leave campaigner blasted the British government for refusing to trust him after Downing Street issued a statement calling him an "irrelevance".

He said: "If the president-elect trusts me then I would hope that some in the British Government could do the same thing. I would be very happy to provide introductions and to start the necessary process of mending fences. And I would not want anything in return. I hope in our national interest that some sense prevails on this."

He went on to criticise the government for being "unrelentingly negative about The Donald", which he said was the only difficuly point during their discussion, adding: "there are fences to be mended".

During Mr Farage's brief visit to the US 20,000 people protested outside Trump Tower in New York, as anti-Trump rallies and violence broke out across the country.

Echoing Mr Trump's comments online about "unfair" protests, Mr Farage said: "Some people only like democracy when the result suits them."

He asserted that the business tycoon will be a "great president" not an "ogre" and that he was both "thoughtful and reflective" during their meeting.

The Ukip leader travelled to the US with key party donor Arron Banks and attacked fellow party members for disowning him over giving his backing to the controversial tycoon who until last Wednesday was seen as the outsider in the race.

Mr Farage's comments came as the Prime Minister faced a growing backlash over her refusal to use the relationship between the Ukip leader and the new President to Britain's advantage.

Members of the cabinet have reportedly told the Theresa May she has made a mistake by referring to Mr Farage as an "irrelevance".



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To: grundle

Yes. It Was shameful. Like every other thing BHO has done.



by 2 posted onby heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God ~ Thomas Jefferson)

To: grundle





by 3 posted onby Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)

To: grundle

An appreciation of history alone would keep that bust in the Oval Office through both parties leadership. It’s boggles the mind that Obama couldn’t grasp that. It would boggle the mind if anyone didn’t grasp that. You don’t even have to agree with his ideology to realize there was a leader that led when there was nothing ahead but darkness. He gave his people hope. In times of darkness, that’s all you’ve got to give sometimes.



by 4 posted onby DoughtyOne (The morning and the evening were the election day. People voted. The Lord saw, and it was good.)

To: grundle

The two countries regarding Obama: Britain: It is unfortunate that the incident was the cause of a level of consternation which must now be addressed before further progress may be assumed. America: That jackass screwed everything up.



by 5 posted onby Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)

To: grundle

Echoing Mr Trump's comments online about "unfair" protests, Mr Farage said: "Some people only like democracy when the result suits them." Well put Mr. Farage



by 6 posted onby Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)

To: Talisker

It was in your face.



by 7 posted onby DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)

To: grundle

This is a great sign of the renewed bilateral friendship between Trump’s America and Brexit England. HOWEVER, Churchill has been given an unfortunate free pass in history for his complicity in creating the two World Wars . . . especially the REALLY unfortunate one, WWI (that led directly to the rise of Hitler, victory of Lenin/Bolshevism in Russia, and WWII) This is according to Pat Buchanan’s book: “An Unnecessary War.”



To: DIRTYSECRET

It was in your face.



by 9 posted onby Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)

To: Disestablishmentarian

Can you tl:dr it?



by 10 posted onby Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)

To: grundle

Enjoy that dirt sandwich, Barry. And smile when you eat it.



To: grundle

Why would Donald “Mr. Brexit” Trump give a crap what Theresa May thanks thinks? She did she did nothing to help Britain escape the clutches of the EU.



by 12 posted onby WMarshal (Trump 2016 - because the Democrats are criminals and the GOP is the Gang Of Pussies)

To: Talisker

We always have been a little more direct in our speech ;)



To: grundle

Hopefully he’ll take down the black velvet paintings as well.



by 14 posted onby Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)

To: DoughtyOne

The key thing to remember, in my opinion, is that an appreciation of history was not something that scum couldn’t grasp, he grasped it all too well. No ignorance involved, he deliberately chose the action he did, because he views Winston Churchill and people like him as subhuman oppressors. It is his fixation with colonialism that renders him incapable of recognizing the greatness in a man like Churchill. We can’t eject that SOB from the White House fast enough.



by 15 posted onby rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")

To: grundle

Winston is old news. How about a Firage bust?



To: grundle

Trump just getting started wiping away the stain of Obama....



by 17 posted onby Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)

To: grundle

Is it the same bust? Did the 0bomb hide it in the White House basement?



by 18 posted onby luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)

To: rlmorel

That colonialism angle probably hits pretty close to home. Nice call. I agree with your thoughts on ejecting him fast enough. Day one about an hour after he was sworn in wouldn’t have been fast enough for me.



by 19 posted onby DoughtyOne (The morning and the evening were the election day. People voted. The Lord saw, and it was good.)

To: grundle

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. Of course!



by 20 posted onby dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)

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