Cybersecurity
The World According to Boris, New Foreign Secretary of Britain
- Called Clinton ’sadistic nurse,’ Putin ’Dobby the House Elf’
- Referred to Africans as ’picaninnies’ with ’watermelon smiles’
Brexit Aftermath: Theresa May's Cabinet Changes
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British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed as her Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, a man renowned for the occasional slip of the tongue, or as the Latin-loving Etonian might say, lapsus linguae.
Under him, the chances of a diplomatic incident are high. The former mayor of London Johnson has aired his views on a vast array of topics from his sexual exploits -- “I’ve slept with far fewer than 1,000” -- to his support of David Cameron -- “purely out of self-interest.” We plucked his greatest misfires on foreign policy to give a flavor of what is to come.