Boris Johnson
(Picture: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)A video has revealed how much Boris Johnson’s messaging on a post-Brexit US trade deal has changed over the last few years.
The video, made by Twitter user @PhantomPower14, shows clips of Johnson speaking at various events and to journalists reveals that Johnson’s recent assertion that he “always” thought striking a free-trade deal with the US may be difficult rings hollow given statements he has made about the prospect in the past.
‘I've always thought that a free trade deal with the U.S. would be difficult’ Boris Johnson pic.twitter.com/o7TvTvJv3f
— Phantom Power (@PhantomPower14) September 22, 2021
“We could strike free trade deals with America,” he is shown saying during a 2016 Vote Leave conference.
It is then spliced with a recent Channel 4 interview in which these comments are put to Johnson who claimed: “that wasn’t me”.
“I said nothing on that,” he claimed. “I’ve always thought that a free trade deal with the US would be difficult because I know what the US are like as negotiators.”
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“We’re going to do a fantastic deal,” he is then said previously saying alongside the then-president Donald Trump.
The clip has already been viewed more than 860,000 times with the likes of Gary Neville and Labour MP Holly Lynch encouraging people to watch it.
Please watch ! Please 🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/pBgPhoJWwQ
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) September 23, 2021
The man in charge ladies and gentlemen…. https://t.co/UfkLwNZdOu
— Holly Lynch MP (@HollyLynch5) September 23, 2021
It comes as Johnson visited the Oval Office during a trip to America trying to secure a trade deal with the US.
But on Tuesday, Biden said “we’ll have to work that through” dampening hopes that US could become a big trading partner with the UK as was hoped by Brexiteers.
“The Americans do negotiate very hard,” Johnson added.
Oh dear.
