Boris Johnson Could Run for President of the United States: ‘I Don’t Rule It Out’

Fact is often stranger than fiction, and the latest example of that adage emanates from across the pond.

Boris Johnson, the former British prime minister known as much for his antics as his wild hair, had a very curious response when approached with a rather far-fetched question.

According to The Spectator, when their team spotted Johnson in Washington, D.C., at a local watering hole, they approached him and “caught up with” Johnson.

One of the questions Johnson was asked about: Would he consider a move from the U.K. to the U.S. and pursue a potential presidency?

Johnson’s response?

“I don’t rule it out.”

As The Spectator noted, however, “It remains to be seen how possible — or serious — Johnson’s presidential aspirations are.”

That’s more than fair. Johnson left his previous post as prime minister with some seriously low approval ratings, after all.

Of note, The Spectator mentions that Johnson did not divulge whether he would run as a Democrat or a Republican, though the aforementioned watering hole he was found at — the Capitol Hill Club — is a “famous Republican haunt.”

Now, as is common knowledge, only American citizens can run for president. Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution clearly states: “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”