In the wake of the United Kingdom’s shock Brexit decision in June, I thought the analogies to Donald Trump’s rise were inapposite and silly. There are numerous reasons why the U.K. would want to untangle itself from the European Union. To name a few that have nothing to do with race or immigration, the Euro hasn’t created prosperity that was promised (Greece is a disaster economically and more countries are teetering on the brink) and the European Commission is undemocratic and unresponsive.

But then Trump got elected. His vitriolic campaign rhetoric shows how far Republicans have descended from President Reagan’s “shining city on the hill”, and now world leaders are questioning how a “Trump doctrine” might affect them. The uncertainty around his foreign policy, or lack thereof, might cause a Brexit re-think across the pond.