Is Boris Johnson Britain’s Trump?

The new prime minister once accused the US president of ‘stupefying ignorance’

Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson walks past rival Jeremy Hunt to give his acceptance speech at the QE2 conference centre
(Image credit: Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images)

Donald Trump has paid tribute to Britain’s incoming prime minister, Boris Johnson, describing him as “Britain's Trump”.

Speaking to an audience of teenage fans, the US president said: “We have a really good man who’s going to be the prime minister of the UK now.

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