US Republican presidential candidate Donald TrumpSteve
Nesius/ Reuters
The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, was in for a shock
during his recent visit to New York when he was mistaken for Donald Trump. The
Republican candidate in the US presidential race is mostly in the news for all
the wrong reasons.
Describing the incident as "one of the worst
moments", Boris Johnson said he is "genuinely worried" Trump
could become the president of the US. Narrating the incident to Tom Bradby on
ITV's The Agenda programme, Johnson said: "I was in New York and some
photographers were trying to take a picture of me and a girl walked down the
pavement towards me and she stopped and she said "Gee is that
Trump?""
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Trump, the Republican frontrunner, is a known name across
the US, not only because he is in the US presidential race, but also for the
bold and controversial statements he has made while campaigning for the
election. Trump has evoked strong criticism from his rivals for his audacious
election speeches and often has been the subject of mockery. US Senator
Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts recently attacked Trump on Twitter calling
him "a loser". A few days back, Democrat frontrunner Hillary Clinton
questioned Trump's "neutral" stance on Israel. However, despite all
the negative publicity and criticism, Trump has gone on to win 18 states out of
a total of 30 primaries.
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London mayor Boris JohnsonRichard Pohle/ Reuters
Although Johnson has not been as much in the news in the
recent past as Trump, he did make headlines when he announced his intentions of
voting for Brexit in the EU referendum. Explaining his stance, Johnson said,
"What I want Brexit to achieve is for the European Union to understand
that it's not just in our country that people are really disenchanted and that
across the EU people feel that the EU has got too remote and is I'm afraid in
many ways corrupt.
"I think we should get out and do a free trade deal. It
would be a convulsive shock for the rest of the EU but I think a beneficial
shock," he added.
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