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What the US makes of the new British leader

Boris Johnson:  What the US makes of the new British leaderWhat's an American to make of Boris Johnson? Not the person-on-the-street American, who may look at a photograph of the new British conservative leader and think they're being asked to identify an aging 1970s glam rocker. I'm talking about the US media analysts and commentators who get paid to think about politics and, occasionally, cast their eyes across the oceans to see what the rest of the world is up to.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49050937Very interesting indeed!

Ivonne Holliday ● 2667d3 Comments

What I found interesting, from what I head, about Trump's endorsement of Johnson to his supporters was that, without saying so explicitly, he led them to believe Johnson was selected by general popularity rather than by being elected by a mainly small minority of elderly, white lonservative party members. Now, my US friends know enough about the UK system to know that (they include people who started life as British citizens,  others who are married to UK passport holders, or have dual nationality ... and they watch global news feeds) but does the average Trump supporter? They (and Trump) seem to struggle to understand their own system!

Michael Ixer ● 2667d

For a NY Times view listen to The Daily podcast from 2 days ago. Not flattering to say the least https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/podcasts/the-daily/2020-electoral-college-race.html

Ruth Pates ● 2667d

Our media is not flattering about Trump-has it made any difference-I dont think so- actually foreign criticism proves both their points.

Hugh Thompson ● 2667d