Who was winston churchill? why would americans trust what he has to say about the soviet union?

He was the Prime minister in Britian during WWI and WWII. He was trusted because he stayed true to his values and was pro-american

Winston Churchill is best known as the greatest statesman of the 20th century.He was the prime minister of England. England was one of the United States's closest allies throughout the 20th century, and Churchill was a highly respected, successful leader, so Americans trusted his opinion of the Soviet Union when he spoke of the Iron Curtain in the 1940s.