Joe Biden has called UK PM a Trump clone, and his Irish links make Brexit a sensitive subject
Tommy Vietor, a feisty former spokesman for Barack Obama, made a little news last weekend by describing Boris Johnson as a “shapeshifting creep”. It added fuel to the fire of those who say the UK prime minister is likely to struggle to charm himself into Joe Biden’s inner circle, leaving a shunned UK bobbing uneasily in the mid-Atlantic
The global reaction to his remark, Vietor said, was a timely reminder that dumb tweets by washed-up ex-Obama staffers – his own description – can carry greater significance now that Obama’s vice-president is set to move into the White House.
