Boris beware: Trump is harder to charm than you think

On the surface, Donald Trump and Boris Johnson look like two peas in a pod. Their hairstyles are blonde and moppy. The height of their collective ambition makes the Empire State Building and Big Ben look puny in comparison. Both are proud and unapologetic of their unconventionality and large personalities. Indeed, Trump was so smitten when his pal Boris won the Tory leadership contest that he paid him the ultimate compliment—comparing the incoming PM to himself.

The general consensus thus far is that Donald and Boris will get along like Thelma and Louise. Woody Johnson, Trump’s man in London, told the Guardian, ‘Both these leaders have their own style, but they have similarities and I think they have [a] clear vision of what they want to accomplish.’ Boris’s father, Stanley, predicts both men will have a warm relationship. Back stateside, the New York Times dubbed them ‘allies in disruption’ who want to tear down the walls of the old liberal world order.