Boris Johnson branded a ‘tinpot Trump’ who will lead Britain to RUIN as PM by French paper Le Monde
BORIS Johnson has been branded a “tinpot Trump” who will lead to Britain to ruin as PM by France’s leading newspaper.
In a scathing attack Le Monde – the broadsheet of choice for the Paris political elite – said the Tory frontrunner lacks “logic or beliefs”.
It said his premiership “would be a calamity for his country and for Europe” and would turn the UK into a “hostile” neighbour hellbent on deregulation.
The paper also laid into Mr Johnson over his threat to withhold the £39bn divorce bill, saying doing so would have “incalculable consequences”.
In the piece, entitled “Boris Johnson leading Britain? No thanks!” the establishment broadsheet offered a withering assessment of the Tory MP.
It fumed: “He makes a mockery of his own country by his amateurism, his levity and his lack of knowledge of the issues.
“The economic catastrophe resulting from a No Deal does not scare him. It is this man who wants to take the helm of the distressed ship Britannia.
“For the EU, Johnson’s rise to power in London would be tantamount to the installation of a tinpot Trump across the Channel dedicated to sabotaging it.
“The UK would no longer be content to cultivate its European malaise, or even hinder the development of the EU.
“It would become a hostile principality based on social, fiscal and environmental deregulation.
“We must stop seeing Boris only as a jester.
“His entry at 10 Downing Street would be a calamity for his country and for Europe.”
French president Emmanuel Macron has repeatedly accused leading Leavers including Mr Johnson of lying to British voters.
In 2018 he said: “Those who explain we can easily live without Europe, everything is going to be all right, and it’s going to bring a lot of money home, are liars.
“It’s even more true since they left the day after so as not to have to deal with it.”
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