Posted on 04/24/2016 1:24:48 PM PDT by dennisw
Boris Johnson rages at 'ridiculous and weird' Obama: Extraordinary statement to MoS mocks President over his threat to hold back trade deal in devastating intervention
Johnson mocked US President's claim Brexit would affect Anglo-US trade 'Ridiculous to warn that the UK will be at the back of the queue,' he said
Boris Johnson has launched an astonishing attack on Barack Obama's 'ridiculous and weird' arguments for Britain to stay in the EU.
In an outspoken assault last night, the London Mayor mocked the US President's controversial claim that Anglo-US trade would be hit by Brexit.
And he stepped up his war of words with Obama over Winston Churchill, claiming that the wartime leader and the US both stood for democracy – and that the EU didn't. Brexit cheerleader Johnson spoke out as infighting broke out among senior figures in the 'Leave' campaign after Obama's devastating intervention.
Some privately admitted they fear they are heading for defeat in the referendum on June 23.
Prominent pro-'Leave' Tory MP Peter Bone said: 'Our message is being drowned out by the Government.' And one 'Leave' official said: 'We had no idea Boris was going to attack Obama so provocatively. It was a misjudgment. He must stop going off-piste.'
Obama's intervention is seen as a potential game-changer in the referendum campaign, with some 'Remain' supporters predicting a decisive 60-40 victory.
Johnson had riled Obama almost before he arrived in the UK, saying the 'part-Kenyan' President had removed a Churchill bust from the Oval Office because of his 'ancestral dislike of the British Empire'.
Obama responded by demolishing Johnson's claim that Britain could quickly cut its own trade deals with the US. And he said he 'loved' Churchill – and still saw his bust every da
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If you ever though Obama is ridiculous and weird, then the Mayor of London agrees with you.
How can Obama see Churchill’s bust everyday if he sent it back to Britain?
Do the Brits not realize that half of tuned-in Americans think Obama has nothing to do with Kenya and everything to do with Frank Marshall? Or do they not keep up with our current events?
He must stop going off-piste.’....We support you, my man. We all are pissed off.
I know exactly what you mean, Boris.
Reagan was the Great Communicator.
Obama is the Great Embarrassment.
The City of London is sovereign like the Vatican and Washington DC are sovereign. Boris Johnson, as mayor of the City of London, therefore is speaking on behalf of enormously powerful people who are not pleased with Obama - and therefore feel similarly about Hillary. They will back Trump, in other words, in any way they can.
This is a big message. The Powers That Be are pissed at each other. The Bible refers to them as “Powers and Principalities.”
Boris Johnson, despite his Russian name, is a Tory.
That about sums up his presidency; Ridiculous and weird.
You honestly think the people of London will support Trump??? You can’t step foot in London without a pro-Islamic rally or an anti-American or anti-Israel rally. I should know, for about ten years I practically lived near Trafalgar Square. They’ll be lovin’ Hillary until she does or says something that they perceive as pushy or anti-British. Trump is a vulgar, racist upstart to the folks of London.
Tories are nothing like American conservatives. If you doubt me, try reading The London Telegraph of a regular basis.
“How can Obama see Churchill’s bust everyday if he sent it back to Britain?”
Maybe he keeps a picture of it somewhere special?
I wasn't talking about the people of London. Boris Johnson doesn't give a tinker's damn about anyone worth less than a hundred million pounds AND with multinational corporate influence.
If Bush was thus criticized by foreign dignitaries as an idiot, we would hear it.
left off at the least destructive..lol
Got it - thanks. Yes, I was thinking of the previous Mayor (who went by 'Red').
If Boris Johnson keeps this up he just might find himself the new King of England.
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