Donald Trump, American Churchill | The Spectator Australia

It is no exaggeration to conclude that humanity is approaching a crucial turning point, with one path leading us further into the light, the other into the darkness.  

At times such as this, providence may well ensure that a leader emerges, one who saves a civilisation from collapsing into an age of barbarism. 

The great turning point of the previous century was on 28 May 1940. That was when Winston Churchill, an unlikely and recent choice as prime minister, finally prevailed against the appeasement of Hitler. Offering nothing more than ‘blood, toil, tears, and sweat’, he famously declared that if their civilisation were to  last for a thousand years, men would  still say: ‘This was their finest hour.’’