Boris is my man says Donald Trump

So Donald Trump wants Boris Johnson to be the next UK prime minister. Good luck with that, Boris. Having the Trump approval stamp won’t necessarily project Boris into Number 10. But on the other hand, if the UK DOES leave the EU, we will want to have a huge trade deal with the US, so if Trump is on our side with Boris as prime minister, then I guess it IS good for the man currently leading the field in the Tory leadership race. In his interview with The Sun today, Trump also reveals that several of the Tory candidates had been seeking his backing! What does that mean? Can it really be possible that each candidate has rung the White House to introduce themselves and beg a favour of the most controversial US president since, well, Richard Nixon? This is high politics, so I guess that is exactly what has been going on. But can you imagine the conversations? “Hello, is that the White House, this is Dominic Raab here, can I speak to the president please? “Dominic who?” “Dominic Raab, you know the guy trying to replace Theresa May as British prime minister.” “Theresa who?” “Er, Theresa May, the British prime minister.” “Oh yeah, I remember. But who are you exactly, the president is very busy.” “Dominic Raab, I’m going to beat Boris Johnson to Number 10 and wondered if the president would support me.” “Ah, Boris, now we know him. Are you supporting Boris to be prime minister?” “No no no I’m against Boris.” “Sorry, the president only likes Boris and we have never heard of you. Bye, and don’t ring again.” Well actually Trump did say he had heard of Jeremy Hunt, the Foreign Secretary who is also running and seems to like him as well but not as much as Boris. And he has heard of Michael Gove, but has a grudge against him for opposing his anti-Iran posture. So goodbye Gove. Of course the person Trump really wants to be the next British prime minister is Nigel Farage, but he’s not a Tory and isn’t eligible to succeed Theresa May. Got that, Mr President?