It's because we Brits are just inherently better than you continental types, you see. We just needed to flex a bit (sarcasm, please don't think I actually mean that!!!)

It's all here in Daniel Hannan's video equivalent of this article, broadcast on national television prior to the 2016 referendum

But what could be more shocking to an American, than seeing a plummy-voiced British leader turning the air blue with insults against their president? We can move them, they can't move us

America needs to wake up and notice something stinks. Let us be their ally, let us help wake a sleeping giant