Lena Headey, best known for her role as manipulative queen Cersei in the Game of Thrones, posted an image of British PM Boris Johnson and US President Donald Trump against the wall depicted in the horror film The Shining, like the spooky twins. The image was captioned with just one obscene word. While it does not imply whether or not that the actor really considers them to be horrors, but, the implication would not exactly be taking things off tangent now, would it?
With Trump attacking his own Congresswomen with racist comments and adopting policies to separate immigrant children from their parents to curb incoming immigrants, has in his own ways shown that he can be a 'horror'.
Can the same be said for Johnson? Can he be called the Trump of Britain? At least President Trump seems to think so! He recently said that Johnson is popular in UK as he is seen as Britain's Trump. Physical similarities might stop at the unruly blonde hair, but both leaders lean towards right-wing politics.
Just like Trump, Johnson seems to have a way with words. Or should we say that they both are princes of gaffes? About immigrants from Haiti and other south and central American countries, Trump had famously said, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Referring to Africa as a country, Boris Johnson once said, “Life expectancy in Africa has risen astonishingly as that country has entered the global economic system,” pointing to hi insensitive nature and ignorance.
Other similarities among the two include both being born into privilege and both of them being homophobic. Trump was born to Frederick Trump, a builder and real estate developer. He has studied in the Wharton School of Finance. Johnson, who studied at Eton, was born in New York and was a journalist before he made it as a politician.
Johnson can possibly be called the Trump of Europe if not of Britain. While Trump is well connected in the business world, Johnson has it 'in' with the elitist crowd. But when it comes to politics, Boris Johnson is the voice of both for and anti establishment, but, Trump tends to be a bit more traditional when it comes to politics. Both also have certain flexibility when it comes to policy decisions.
Horror or not, it remains to be seen what Johnson's leadership could mean to Britain and what he will bring into his equation between US and UK.
