"When Churchill was touring the bombed areas in WWII, he didn’t need the British people covered in tear gas in order for him to be able to do it."
This week, the White House has likened Donald Trump to Winston Churchill, the hard-drinking and eccentric prime minister who led Britain as it faced off against the Nazis during World War II.
In contrast, Trump is"literally displacing people who are trying to exercise their freedom of speech in order to do this photoshoot," Dockter added, referring to the forcible clearing of peaceful protesters in front of the White House on Monday. Trump has faced backlash from lawmakers and religious leaders — including the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington — after police used tear gas against demonstrators outside the White House to make way for a photo op at the nearby St. John's Episcopal Church, whose basement had earlier been set ablaze during the protests.
Similarly, Princeton historian Kevin Kruse said in a tweet that Churchill's efforts"showed resilience against the Nazi war machine."
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