April 27, 2020
President Trump: stuck in the White House too long?
By Laura Steele Walsh
There is a pivotal scene in the 2017 movie Darkest Hour about an event that had a major impact on Winston Churchill’s success as prime minister, and it is a must-see for currently beleaguered Americans. In it, Mr. Churchill is besieged by calls from the elite ruling class to negotiate with the Nazis. Most of the British army is trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk and defeat is all but assured. He finds himself locked in an agonizing battle between his gut and the establishment experts in his war cabinet. Exhausted and worried, Churchill can’t find the strength and resolve to do what he always did best -- lead and inspire the British people -- and he contemplates surrender. As he is chauffeured to parliament, the PM suddenly has a moment of clarity. He hops out of the car and walks down into the London Tube with average working Britons.
On the train, he asks people what they think he should do, and they tell him with certainty what he knew all along -- to never surrender. While the real-life Churchill likely didn’t crowdsource one of the most monumental foreign policy decisions in modern history from a bench on the underground, according to the film’s director the notion is conceivable. He was said to have ventured out to discuss matters of significance with regular citizens.
Churchill was a famously colorful, wealthy aristocrat, but he drew his inspiration and strength from being instinctively in tune with average people. The film accurately portrays him as one of history’s most famous extroverts and this scene in particular is the perfect illustration of how a good, extroverted leader operates.
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