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I'm no fan of Obama. But on Brexit, he does speak for America

Disagree with him if you like. But don’t underestimate his support — or the strength of his case

23 April 2016

9:00 AM

23 April 2016

9:00 AM

You don’t like Barack Obama’s foreign policy? Fine, I don’t either. You are impatient to know who the next president will be? Me too. But if you think that the current American president’s trip to the UK this week is some kind of fanciful fling, or that his arguments against Brexit represent the last gasp of his final term in office, then you are deeply mistaken.

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Anne Applebaum is a columnist for the Washington Post and a former deputy editor of The Spectator.

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