Borel subgroup which is a maximal torus is nilpotent

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I am struggling with this simple fact. Let $B$ be a Borel subgroup of a connected algebraic group $G$. Let $T$ be a maximal torus. Then, if $B = T$, we have $B$ is nilpotent. I don't see why this is true. Any help would be appreciated!