Donald Trump and Boris Johnson are the subject of an interesting mural that has been painted on the side of a wall in Bristol, urging UK citizens to vote to stay in the European Union.
The street art, painted by campaign group We Are Europe, depicts US presidential candidate Donald Trump and former London mayor Boris Johnson locked in a passionate embrace, accompanied by the words “Not #InForThis? Register to vote on the EU referendum now!” The mural signifies the combined efforts of Trump and Johnson to convince the UK to exit the EU, a move which many politicians – including Prime Minister David Cameron, who is a member of the Conservative party alongside Johnson – have claimed will have disastrous ramifications for the region.
Speaking to the BBC, We Are Europe spokeswoman Harriet Kingaby said: “People need to look at this image and think, ‘is this the future I want’?” The mural currently adorns the side of a derelict building in Stokes Croft, Bristol, with it having generated much attention in the city.
Echoing My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love, a famous mural featuring German politicians Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker that was painted on the Berlin Wall by artist Dmitri Vrubel, it is hoped that the street art will help towards the campaign against Brexit, which Donald Trump and Boris Johnson are both in favour of.
GOP presidential candidate Trump previously said that he believes that the UK will leave the EU, saying: “I’m there a lot, I have a lot of investments in the UK and I will tell you that I think they may leave based on everything I’m hearing.” Trump also contradicted current president Barack Obama’s claims that a EU exit would put the UK at the “back of the queue” with the US in terms of trade negotiations, saying: “I mean, I’m going to treat everybody fairly but it wouldn’t make any difference to me whether they were in the EU or not. You’d certainly not be at the back of the queue, that I can tell you.”
Boris Johnson, who has been at the forefront of the Vote Leave campaign, said that despite the claims of those against leaving the EU, the UK could continue to be prosperous. “I think we can strike a deal as the Canadians have done based on trade and getting rid of tariffs”, he said, adding: ” It’s a very, very bright future I see.”
Nonetheless, David Cameron has branded the comments of the Vote Leave supporters “optimistic”, saying that “a vote to leave is the gamble of the century.” The EU referendum will take place on June 23rd.
