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April 17, 2020 - Dennis Prager Show

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What do Trump and Churchill Have in Common?⎜The Dennis Prager Radio Show

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	Trump and Churchill, defenders of Western civilization.
	With all his flaws.
	And by the way, if you read, I read the giant biography of Churchill.
	Churchill had his flaws too, folks.
	Churchill had a lot of enemies.
	Thought he was over the top.
	Now, years later, we only think of Churchill's greatness.
	But at his time, he lost his election bid right after the war.
	Guy who saved Britain.
	And much of the West.
	So this is, it makes perfect sense.
	And that's exactly what he's doing, is he's fighting for the West.
	The book is up at DennisPrager.com.
	Nick Adams is the man.
	By the way, Nick is so careful, he is actually talking to me wearing a mask.
	That is, Nick, I am blown away.
	Well, I appreciate that, Dennis.
	Look, I couldn't possibly ever consider the option of you contracting this virus over the telephone from me.
	I know.
	No, I moved.
	Every precaution.
	Yes, that's why I knew I had to mention it.
	Well, but look, I wrote this book, Dennis, a really important book, Trump and Churchill, Defenders of Western Civilization.
	And on the surface...
	Churchill and Trump, profoundly different.
	One was 5'6 and loved to drink.
	The other is a 6'3 teetotaler.
	One napped every afternoon.
	The other barely sleeps.
	One began his career by opposing tariffs.
	The other by introducing them.
	One a great orator.
	The other a great tweeter.
	One a lifelong politician.
	The other a billionaire businessman.
	But if you look a little bit deeper, Dennis, You find, as I write in my book, that two men are remarkably similar.
	Neither concealed their true self or conformed to expectations.
	Both were confident, loved their country.
	Both intensely disliked, even hated, as you just pointed out.
	Clear thinkers and plain speakers.
	Both were alpha males.
	Both stared down their enemies.
	Both endured battles with the political establishment, wanting their destruction.
	And look, both men all of my life have inspired me.
	Both have been heroes of mine for a long time.
	You'll remember that I've been a longtime guest on your show, and you'll remember, Dennis, that back in early 2016, you and I, friendly as always, disagreed vehemently about Donald Trump and his prospects to be elected.
	And I told you that I thought he was going to win.
	I told you that I thought he was pretty fantastic.
	And granted, at the time, there wasn't a lot to point to those two things.
	But it was kind of an instinct that I had.
	And it was because I'd read The Art of the Deal when I was 14 years old, living in Australia at high school.
	A friend of mine gave me the book.
	I'd studied Churchill's speeches.
	At school, and I was encouraged by my father to really learn about Churchill because he looked up to Churchill very much as well.
	And both men really, when you break it down and when you look at it, are so similar.
	It is stunning.
	It's incredible.
	I mean, obviously, both in different eras.
	Obviously, both men are personally different.
	Churchill, very eloquent.
	No one's ever accused Donald Trump of eloquence.
	Really, when you look at what they do, when you look at what they stand for, when you look at what they believe, and when you look at their instincts, both men are really difficult to kind of separate.
	You know, you mentioned instinct, and of course, in the world of the intelligentsia, this was the most mockable possible response.
	When he said, you know, it's my...
	I have an instinct or I have a feel about hydroxychloroquine.
	So I really believe, not all, but I believe there are many leftists who hope it doesn't work because the president recommended it before the scientists quote-unquote did.
	But that was a perfect example of his going with a hunch.
	And I have been collecting...
	Scientists use, doctors use of hydroxychloroquine.
	Doctors order it for themselves as a prophylactic.
	And it was all, he said, look, I heard about this and I need to tell the American people.
	It's a perfect example of his going with his gut.
	Yes.
	Look, when you have a look at everything that's happened, Dennis, Trump was right about prevention.
	He was right about therapy, hydroxychloroquine, like you're speaking about.
	He was right about the logistics, that there were more ventilators than what they needed.
	He was right about a cure.
	He was ahead of the curve on the vaccine.
	And so the only thing that the hate America always leftists have is that Trump, quote-unquote, downplayed the virus.
	Now, the problem is that he said it was like the flu.
	And the latest projections, Dennis, are not that different from the flu.
	He also said the warmer weather would help mitigate the virus.
	Now, numbers are receding exactly as the warmer weather has begun to appear.
	He set Easter as an aspirational goal.
	The peak was reached four days before Easter.
	So, you know, Trump, much like Churchill, very prescient.
	Always seems to be ahead of the curve.
	Always ends up being right.
	That's something that we've really seen here since 2016 when President Trump, then candidate Trump, really came on the scene.
	Well, you were right at that time, and I wasn't.
	And I fully acknowledge that.
	Okay, my friend.
	I want everybody to read the book.
	I know my audience has a great love for you.
	Trump and Churchill, Defenders of Western Civilization.
	Nick Adams will speak soon.
	Take care of yourself.
	Thank you, Dennis.
	Always a pleasure.
	Thank you.
	He loved America as an Aussie.
	He just did.
	It's, you know, some things...
	I mean, it makes sense that a person with love America wasn't born here, but some people...
	Just do.
	They just resonate to the American idealistic system of liberty.
	Not many Americans, not all Americans, resonate to that ideal.
	The book is up at DennisPrager.com.
	The Dennis Prager Show.

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