>Winston Churchill did express dissatisfaction and regret regarding the "Big Three" dynamic during World War II. He felt that the term marginalized Britain's role and that the US and Soviet Union were gaining an advantage in negotiations. Churchill worried that the US, under President Roosevelt, was increasingly siding with the Soviet Union, potentially at Britain's expense. He even privately complained that Roosevelt seemed to be avoiding him and that Stalin was attempting to split the Anglo-US alliance. Churchill famously lamented that Britain was becoming a "poor donkey" compared to the "big Russian bear" and the "great American elephant".