He added: “Right now much of the world is craving the stability that goes with strong and decisive American leadership.”
Johnson and Trump had a relatively close relationship while both were in office — and the president once flatteringly described the prime minister as “Britain Trump.”
Since leaving office, Johnson — a staunch supporter and ally of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — has urged Trump and his supporters not to abandon the Ukrainian war effort, amid fears in Kyiv that a Trump White House would withdraw U.S. military aid for Ukraine.
But Johnson has also flirted with an outright endorsement of the former president — expected to face Joe Biden in the race for the White House later this year.
In an op-ed for the Mail in January, Johnson argued a Trump presidency might be be “what the world needs” right now, so long as Trump supports Ukraine.
The Republic frontrunner recently sparked panic in some European capitals, after he said he would “encourage” aggressors to “do whatever the hell they want” with NATO countries that fail to spend enough on their defense.
“A lot of nice well-meaning people are quivering like smacked blancmanges at the idea of a new Trump presidency, I am not quite sure why they are so alarmed,” Johnson told the Sun.
