“We have a really good man who’s going to be the prime minister of the UK now, Boris Johnson. Good man, he’s tough and he’s smart. They’re saying Britain Trump. They call him Britain Trump,” the president told an audience of young Republicans at an event in Washington.

“People are saying that’s a good thing. They like me over there, that’s what they wanted. That’s what they need. He’ll get it done. Boris is good. He’s going to do a good job.”

He went on to praise Nigel Farage, who was attending the event in Washington. “I’ll tell you what, he got…