Did Obama Diss Winston Churchill?

Did Obama Diss Winston Churchill?
by Marcia Segelstein

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After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the British government loaned a famous bronze bust of Winston Churchill, once voted the greatest Briton in history, to President George W. Bush. It continued to occupy a place of prominence in the Oval Office through Bush’s second term. But when British officials offered to let President Obama continue to keep Churchill’s likeness, they were rebuffed.

The official statement from the British Embassy reads as follows: “The bust of Sir Winston Churchill by Sir Jacob Epstein was uniquely lent to a foreign head of state, President George W. Bush, from the Government Art Collection in the wake of 9/11 as a signal of the strong transatlantic relationship…The new President has decided not to continue this loan and the bust has now been returned.”

The Telegraph, a British newspaper, reports that the rejection of the bust has left some British officials nervous about the future relationship between the two countries.