Kevlar is the New Teflon: Boris, Donald and the race to the boorish bottom

How did being a rampaging ass become a prerequisite for political success instead of a disqualifier? Good question.

One of the most important parallels between U.S. President Donald Trump and prospective British prime minister Boris Johnson is how they conduct themselves in a time of hyper-tactical politics and previously unthinkable outcomes, writes Lisa Van Dusen.Flickr photographs by Gage Skidmore and Annie Mole

Opinion

BY LISA VAN DUSEN

June 26, 2019

The least important similarities between Donald Trump and Boris Johnson are the superficial ones: the unleashed-id toddler temperaments; the apparent inability to find a sober tailor; the crassly kinetic interactions with women; the follicular fixation—one heavily invested in dominating his own ha...

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