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Oh FFS. Now I've got to unfollow the lunatic myselfOriginally posted by greenlake View Post
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Too many followers and not enough leaders these days.
“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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I know Farage likes people to be simpletons as it makes it easier for him to get away with his bulltulip; but the whole business of the Churchill bust is more complicated than that.Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
The bust that was removed when Obama took office didn't actually belong the the White House. It had been loaned to President George W Bush's administration by Tony Blair when he was Prime Minister. The loan period came to an end when Bush's administration did, so it was returned - by the departing Bush administration, not by Obama - to the British.
There's another copy of the bust, which has been in the White House since the 1960s. This was being worked on by conservators at the time Bush W. took office, which is why Blair lent Bush the UK government's copy. When Obama took office this bust, conservation work completed, was already on display outside the Treaty Room, and remained there throughout his two terms. It is presumably this one that Trump has had moved into the Oval Office (if there's actually any truth to the latest stories).
So no, Obama never had a bust of Churchill removed from the Oval Office, as there wasn't one there when he moved in. The bust that was in the building when he arrived remained exactly where it had been. And it was Tony Blair who was responsible for one being in the office in the first place. I presume Trump so admires Blair that he seeks to emulate his actions
And as you're so keen on the bust, here's a photo of President Obama showing it to Prime Minister David Cameron in the White House on 20 July 2012:
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Wonder where they put the one of Martin Luther King that they removed?Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Since Trump had a meeting with his son, Martin Luther King III, he will put it somewhere in the White House.Originally posted by darmstadt View Post"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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It's still in the Oval Office...Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.440533e3c8f0Comment
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Indeed the Oval Office is big enough for both busts. Trump likes pairs of busts.Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostComment
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This is an insightful piece: Donald Trump completes hostile takeover of Washington, puts both parties on notice.
Just as Trump figured out a way to co-opt the conservative movement, Republicans in Washington (from K Street to the Capitol) are now trying to co-opt him and the Trumpist movement… The most important question, which we will find out the answer to over the coming year, is whether Trump will let himself be used as a vessel to advance an agenda that is not really his own or whether movement conservatives will continue to capitulate and kowtow when their priorities and values conflict with Trump’s.Comment
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I wonder if it contain cookies....Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostTrump puts Churchill back where he belongs. [emoji636][emoji631][emoji636][emoji631]
Trump puts Churchill bust back in Oval Office – Westmonster
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