“As a young man, Churchill actually fought in
wars on the frontline, especially in South Africa. He risked his life on a
daily basis in the Boer Wars. (Let’s leave aside the actual moral dimensions of
that conflict for the time being.) He could have easily avoided frontline
service, given his family connections. But he fought for his nation. He risked
his own physical life.
“Trump took five deferments so he would not go to Vietnam, including some for bone spurs. His so-called bone spurs have not inhibited his endless golf playing ever since.
“While he was out of power, Churchill
desperately warned his country about the Nazi threat.
“Out of power, Trump whined about Obama’s
birth certificate. Most recently, he told our country that there were some ‘fine people’ among
the Neo-Nazi marchers in Charlottesville.
“Churchill switched political parties a few
times in his life and was never completely trusted by the Tories or by Labor. However, when his time came to become Prime Minister, he worked across political boundaries
to form national governments when the nation faced a crisis that held through the
war.
“Trump has been relentlessly partisan and has
managed to create division within his own party and nation as a whole.
“Churchill led his people through their
darkest days. For over a year, he and Britain stood alone against the
Fascist-conquered Europe and when England withstood vicious Nazi bombing
of civilian centers. He told his people all he could offer was, ‘blood, toil,
tears and sweat.’ He gave the British people courage when they faced danger.
“Trump exaggerates the fear of our enemies
where there is little risk and exploits tragedies to manipulate fear to advance
his political agenda. He said he would 'Make America Great Again' - not by asking
for sacrifice and cooperation - but by scapegoating immigrants and refugees in
the face of one of the worse refugee crisis of our time, and by coddling billionaires
and millionaires with tax cuts.
“Churchill wrote and spoke with brilliance and eloquence. He was said to have deployed the English-language and sent it
into battle. After the war was over, he produced a brilliant six-volume
history of WWII. He understood the fine art of diplomacy’s nuances. He was
awarded a Noble Prize for literature as much for his written work as for the
totality of his achievement during humanity’s most challenging times. He faced
his critics in parliament and answered them face-to-face articulately and
clearly. And when the press hounded him, he accepted it as the price of
democratic leadership.
“Trump basically has a ghost-written piece of
trash to his credit and string of insulting 140 letter tweets to his critics.
“Churchill often struggled financially to make
ends meet. Trump’s greed and bankruptcies are legendary.
“Churchill had one wife whom he loved dearly.
Trump has had multiple wives and clearly multiple affairs.
“When he was voted out of office at the end of
the war, Churchill left graciously and served his party humbly.
“Let’s hope Trump can at least do that…”
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