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up his citizenship in 2006 after encountering passport problems with fussy U.S. immigration authorities. The report is in error. I can now reveal that The American Spectator in another of its world exclusives has discovered (see the June issue) that the newly elected mayor of London never terminated his citizenship. He is as American as Barack Obama. ** The confusion arises because of a comical piece Johnson wrote in the August 9, 2006 issue of The Spectator of London. In it he reported his rude encounter with our immigration authorities and his vow to give up his American citizenship. But hold! Now I can report that when he presented himself at the American embassy to terminate his U.S. citizenship he good-naturedly changed his mind. The procedure threatened to become too expensive in terms of tax liabilities alone. When Johnson sets out for the Republican nomination, there will be no doubt as to where he stands on tax cuts. ** Already Johnson's presidential ambitions are being circulated in the British press. Apparently he has joked about his plans for years. This week Stuart Reid, a confidant of Johnson's at the British Spectator, which Johnson then edited, has written that Johnson will not actually launch his campaign until 2016.