He has already had to damp down a fire started when an unidentified aide told the Daily Telegraph that they understood Britain better than the White House because of a shared "Anglo-Saxon" heritage.

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He said he ran towards the burning vehicle with a fire extinguisher but as he tried to damp down the area, an Asian man had approached and told him to stop.

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