Rory Stewart

Your fault.

Your government's fault.

All our fault.

Yeah.

All our fault.

One of the things that's so interesting about him is that we forget how experienced he was.

By the time he's speaking out in the 30s, let alone after the war, he's already been Home Secretary

Chancellor, Colonies Secretary, First Lord of the Admiralty.

I mean, he's been in and out of cabinets of all the colors for almost 30 years.

He's also a guy who made his whole career about very clear, big ideas.

Values were right at the heart of it.

So when he's talking about Hitler, and this is why I'm interested in how he would deal with Trump, my guess is he wouldn't just keep quiet, flatter, keep his head down, and try to do things in the background.

He would find a way of articulating clearly values,

British interests, alliances, and framing what he thinks the future of that relationship over the next 20, 30 years is.

What I'm looking for in the Churchill moment is somebody who can say to the US, look, of course, you are going to be a very, very important ally for us for the next 20 years.

But equally,

The world in which you tell us what to do and we're just a mini-me for the United States is over.

And we're now going to explain what that new world could look like, where we stand proud and tall and we're better allies for you as a result.

Why would he be trying to be helpful?

I mean, obviously, Putin is not trying to be helpful.