Posted on 10/04/2022 9:29:06 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
In an interview with, Laurence Fox — who is currently filling in for Brexit leader Nigel Farage on his primetime GB News programme — former President Donald Trump said that while he still holds personal affection for the ousted British leader, Boris Johnson failed by pursuing leftist policy goals.
“Boris was a friend of mine, perhaps he still is but I haven’t spoken to him in a while,” Trump told Fox, adding: “The problem Boris has is he went liberal all of a sudden, and I think that is crazy.”
“He’s a good man but something happened to him, he changed, he went for windmills all over the place and he went a little bit wokier than I believe he is and I think ultimately that is the thing that got him out,” Trump said.
The former president went on to say that it was this leftward lurch, and not the infamous scandals surrounding parties at Downing Street during lockdown, that ultimately doomed Johnson’s premiership.
BoJo Lost His Mojo: Boris Johnson to Resign as Prime Minister of the United Kingdomhttps://t.co/AfRNTkrLe7
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) July 7, 2022
In contrast, the former president praised newly installed Prime Minister Liz Truss’ push to lower taxes on top earners, a move that she later u-turned on after public pressure.
“I like some of the things she’s done, she seems very nice, a lot of times, finance is inverse,” Trump explained. “I cut taxes substantially and we did much more business, she’s done that and she’s taken some hits from it which surprises me.
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I saw that, it was excellent.
Johnson had a very bad case of Covid. Three days in ICU.
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