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| Churchill bust returns to Oval Office as Donald Trump settles in | Churchill bust returns to Oval Office as Donald Trump settles in |
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| A bust of Winston Churchill has been returned to the White House’s Oval Office. | A bust of Winston Churchill has been returned to the White House’s Oval Office. |
| In a nod to the “special relationship”, President Donald Trump appeared to make good on an agreement to return the wartime British leader’s bust to the famous office within hours of being sworn in. | In a nod to the “special relationship”, President Donald Trump appeared to make good on an agreement to return the wartime British leader’s bust to the famous office within hours of being sworn in. |
| The former UK prime minister’s renewed presence could be seen as Trump signed his first orders as the 45th president of the United States. | The former UK prime minister’s renewed presence could be seen as Trump signed his first orders as the 45th president of the United States. |
| The sculpture of Churchill’s face first appeared in the Oval Office during George W Bush’s administration. | |
| However it was reportedly replaced by a bust of civil rights champion Martin Luther King Jr and sent back to the British embassy during Barack Obama’s presidency. | However it was reportedly replaced by a bust of civil rights champion Martin Luther King Jr and sent back to the British embassy during Barack Obama’s presidency. |
| Reports of the removal prompted protests from British figures including the UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, who in turn was criticised when he blamed the swap on Obama’s “ancestral dislike of the British empire”. | Reports of the removal prompted protests from British figures including the UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, who in turn was criticised when he blamed the swap on Obama’s “ancestral dislike of the British empire”. |
| After meeting Trump in November, the former Ukip leader Nigel Farage said he was “especially pleased at his very positive reaction to the idea that Sir Winston Churchill’s bust should be put back in the Oval Office”. | After meeting Trump in November, the former Ukip leader Nigel Farage said he was “especially pleased at his very positive reaction to the idea that Sir Winston Churchill’s bust should be put back in the Oval Office”. |