Johnson and Cummings freaked out after Trump endorsed Johnson for PM a few weeks ago because they know a Trump endorsement is election suicide. So they (Cummings) has privately told Trump's office:
1) Don't back Boris as your preferred candidate. Don't even mention his name! Keep neutral. Say something like "I can work with any Prime Minister".
2) Make it clear you have ZERO interest in taking over the NHS. Don't use phrases such as "It's off the table" because this will only remind people that you said it was ON the table not too long ago.
In addition, Cummings has ruled that:
3) Rees-Mugg must disappear. He must not be seen, heard of, or referred to. He must become as anonymous and elusive as Ghislaine Maxwell. In fact, if you know where she is, send Rees-Mugg to stay with her.
4) Whenever he is interviewed, Boris must keep talking faster and faster and keep repeating himself whenever the question comes up of why he refuses to be interviewed by Andrew Neil. Doesn't matter what he says, but KEEP ON SAYING IT FASTER AND FASTER, and if you can slip in "Corbyn is an anti-semite" and "Corbyn and Labour are responsible for the knife attacks on London Bridge" and "Corbyn and Jeffrey Epstein were close mates and Corbyn stayed on Love Island for three or four months" so much the better.
5) Does Corbyn shower every day and change his socks, because rumour has it ...