President Trump Returns Bust of Churchill to Oval Office

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“Obama started his presidency by returning to the British Embassy the bust of Winston Churchill that had graced the Oval Office,” Krauthammer said at the time. The bust of Sir Winston Churchill by Sir Jacob Epstein was a gift to the United States in the wake of 9/11 as a signal of the strong transatlantic relationship.

Churchill is BACK in the Oval Office: Sculpture of Britain’s wartime leader is placed close to Trump after Obama removed the bust eight years ago

• Great Britain presented a bust of Winston Churchill to George W. Bush in 2001 
• Obama returned the bust to the British Embassy after he took office  Daily Mail 

President Trump has returned it to its rightful place.

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President Trump returns bust of Churchill to Oval Office

By Dave Boyer – The Washington Times – Friday, January 20, 2017

Winston Churchill is back in the Oval Office.

On his first day in office, President Trump brought back a bust of the legendary British prime minister to the West Wing, after President Obama had removed it. Mr. Obama replaced it with a bust of Martin Luther King Jr.

Reporters who were summoned to the Oval Office Friday night to witness Mr. Trump signing an executive order noticed the Churchill bust had been returned to the Oval Office.

British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson had speculated that Mr. Obama removed Churchill’s bust in part because he is “part-Kenyan,” and was motivated by anti-colonial feelings. Mr. Obama refuted that, saying he had moved the bust to a place of prominence in his private office in the White House residence.

“I love Winston Churchill, I love the guy,” Mr. Obama said.

Mr. Trump did more redecorating, replacing Mr. Obama’s crimson drapes in the Oval Office with gold ones. He also added a bust of Teddy Roosevelt on one of the bookshelves, and swapped out some of Mr. Obama’s artwork in the presidential office.