President Trump began his second term in the White House on Monday. (Image: Getty)
has brought back a bust of to a table in the Oval Office as he returned to the White House to begin his second term as President.
The Republican has redecorated the room and a photograph put out by the Wall Street Journal yesterday shows the bronze bust of the former British Prime Minister has been reinstated on a side table on the right of his fireplace.
The cast, by British-American sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein, was gifted to the US by the British Government in 2001 and placed in the Oval Office by then Commander-in-Chief, George W. Bush.
also opted to have the famous face on prominent display within the iconic room during his first term 2017, but the sculpture, which to many is symbolic of the close ties between the two countries, has generally been sidelined by Democratic presidents.
removed it in 2021 in favour of a busts of trade union leader Cesar Chavez, and sculptures of civil rights leaders Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr.
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Trump in 2017 standing beside the bust with then UK Prime Minister Theresa May. (Image: Getty)
was said to have been moved to Biden’s private dining room.
Biden’s predecessor Barack Obama also opted not to display the bust in pride of place after he entered office in 2009, opting for Martin Luther King Jr and moving to a table outside the White House’s Treaty Room, as per the outlet.
has been vocal in his admiration of , who led Britain during World War Two, and remains a celebrated figure in American politics.
He has often spoke of his fondness for Britain, and his connection to Scotland through his late mother, who was born in the village of Tong on the Isle of Lewis.
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Speaking to the Express ahead of the move, Reform UK leader and Trump ally said: “Is going to return the Winston Churchill bust to the Oval Office? Good Lord, yes. On day one? Of course he is. Don’t be ridiculous. And that says it all.”
The MP for Clacton also branded him “the most pro-British president since Einsenhower”.
He added: “We’ve got somebody who is very, very much his mother’s son.”
Trump has also decided to bring back his “Diet Coke button”, which prompts White House staff to bring him the fizzy drink at a moment’s notice.