Laughing Boris Johnson says Donald Trump is RIGHT to call Theresa May’s Brexit deal a ‘disaster’
BORIS Johnson has laughed off President Trump's broadside to Theresa May today, insisting he agrees that the PM's Brexit has been a disaster.
The Brexiteer and front-runner to become the next Tory PM refused to criticise his ally when pressed on whether the US President was right to attack her on Twitter.
When he had tweets read out of Trump calling May's Brexit a "disaster" he chuckled and said: "I find it hard to disagree".
The President branded her "foolish" for not taking his advice and going her ";own way" with the EU.
Boris has branded Mrs May's deal as terrible on several occasions and voted against it twice before finally backing it on the final go - but it still didn't pass.
In an interview with Politico he said: "When it comes to the context of what the president has said about the Brexit deal, I find it hard to disagree.
"If you ask me whether I think the Brexit negotiations have been brilliantly handled, I don’t think so."
But he did distance himself from some of the President's other remarks, saying he doesn't want "anybody telling us what to do".
The President also blasted the US ambassador Sir Kim Darroch, who quit his role yesterday, calling him "wacky" and "pompous".
Some of his cables between the UK and US were leaked over the weekend, where he called Trump's government "inept".
Boris joked: "If Donald Trump can make friends with Kim Jong Un, then he can make friends with Kim Da-roch."
He was yesterday blamed for Sir Kim's dramatic resignation, but told The Sun he didn't throw him under the bus at all.
Pals of Sir Kim said he'd decided to quit after seeing Boris refuse to guarantee he would keep him in post if he becomes PM later this month.
But others insisted he's already made up his mind before then, after being barred from events in America.
During the same interview Boris revealed that he and Meghan Markle share the same favourite £180-a-bottle red wine.
He said he prefers the red stuff to beer and he's particularly partial to a make called Tignanello.
Sir Kim Darroch's alleged leaked memos
- "As seen from here, we really don't believe that this Administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional, less unpredictable, less faction-riven, less diplomatically clumsy and inept."
- "I don't think this Administration will ever look competent."
- "For a man who has risen to the highest office on the planet, President Trump radiates insecurity."
- "His team were also dazzled, telling us that this had been a visit like no other - the hottest ticket of their careers. These are close contacts, with whom we have spent years building relationships: they are the gate keepers and the "Trump Whisperers" - the individuals we rely upon to ensure the UK voice is being heard in the West Wing.
- (Talking about Iran airstrikes) "It's more likely that he was never fully on board and that he was worried about how this apparent reversal of his 2016 campaign promises would look come 2020"
- "The worst cannot be ruled out" (Collusion between Trump and Russia)
- "It's important to 'flood the zone': you want as many as possible of those who Trump consults to give him the same answer. So we need to be creative in using all the channels available to us through our relationships with his Cabinet, the White House staff, and our contacts among his outside friends."
- "Of the main campaign promises, not an inch of the Wall has been built; the executive orders on travel bans from Muslim countries have been blocked by the state courts; tax reform and the infrastructure package have been pushed into the middle distance; and the repeal and replacement of Obamacare is on a knife edge."
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And he added: "It's extraordinary stuff, but I mean it was delicious.
"I discovered later that it was the favourite wine of Meghan Markle."
Meghan named her now-deleted lifestyle blog The Tig after her favourite red wine.
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