Sorry, Boris — Nigel Farage is still Britain’s Trump Whisperer

Karin von Hippel, director-general of the Royal United Services Institute security think tank, said Johnson had the potential to play an important role in trying to sway Trump to remain hawkish on Russia. “It’s hard to know what convinces Trump to do anything, but I think it’s good he’s trying,” said von Hippel, who was also formerly a senior official in the U.S. State Department.