TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hold a meeting at UN Headquarters in New York, September 24, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Then-US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meeting at UN Headquarters in New York in 2019 (Picture: AFP via Getty)

Boris Johnson has backed Donald Trump’s bid to retake the White House, claiming the ‘global wokerati’ are ‘trembling violently’ at the thought of a second presidential term.

The former prime minister, whose time in office coincided with Mr Trump’s for 13 months between 2019 and 2021, suggested it could be ‘just what the world needs’.

In his his weekly Daily Mail column, Mr Johnson argued that if the ex-president backs Ukraine in its war against Russia, his renewed leadership ‘can be a big win for the world’.

Mr Trump has cast doubt on continued support for Kyiv if he re-enters the White House, and has repeatedly boasted about his warm relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

But Mr Johnson, a staunch supporter of Ukraine, claimed that Mr Trump will not betray the war-torn nation.

He wrote: ‘I simply cannot believe that Trump will ditch the ­Ukrainians; on the contrary, having worked out, as he surely has, that there is no deal to be done with Putin, I reckon there is a good chance that he will double down and finish what he started — by giving them what they need to win.

‘If that is the case, then there is every chance, under Trump, that the West will be stronger, and the world more stable.’

HERTFORD, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson onstage during the annual NATO heads of government summit on December 4, 2019 in Watford, England. France and the UK signed the Treaty of Dunkirk in 1947 in the aftermath of WW2 cementing a mutual alliance in the event of an attack by Germany or the Soviet Union. The Benelux countries joined the Treaty and in April 1949 expanded further to include North America and Canada followed by Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. This new military alliance became the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). The organisation grew with Greece and Turkey becoming members and a re-armed West Germany was permitted in 1955. This encouraged the creation of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact delineating the two sides of the Cold War. This year marks the 70th anniversary of NATO. (Photo by Steve Parsons-WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Trump and Johnson onstage during the annual NATO heads of government summit in December 2019 (Picture: Getty)

The ex-Tory leader went on to argue that ‘what the world needs now is a US leader whose willingness to use force and sheer unpredictability is a major ­deterrent to the enemies of the West’.

Nato-sceptic Mr Trump has previously claimed that he could end Russia’s war on Ukraine in 24 hours.

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday called on Mr Trump to visit Kyiv.

In an interview with Channel 4 News, the Ukrainian leader said: ‘Yes please, Donald Trump — I invite you to Ukraine.

‘If you can stop the war during 24 hours I think it will be enough to come to Kyiv, on any day I am here.’

epa10422871 A handout photo made available by the Ukrainian presidential press service shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) welcomes former British prime minister Boris Johnson (L) for a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, 22 January 2022 amid the Russian invasion. Zelenskyi welcomed Johnson who arrived in Kyiv to express his support for Ukraine. EPA/UKRAINE PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomes former prime minister Boris Johnson for a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine (Picture: EPA)

Elsewhere in his column, Mr Johnson conceded that the former Republican president, who is facing 91 felony charges across four criminal cases, has ‘been caught saying a few unguarded things’.

But, he wrote, ‘I like his style’, denying that Mr Trump is a ‘would-be dictator’ despite his alleged role in encouraging his supporters to storm the US Capitol in a bid to keep him in power after his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.

Mr Johnson mocked the ‘hysterics’ at Mr Trump’s status as the Republican front-runner and his recent win in the Iowa caucuses.

‘In the cocktail parties of Davos, I am told, the global wokerati have been trembling so violently that you could hear the ice tinkling in their negronis,’ the former UK premier wrote.

Mr Johnson also claimed that Mr Trump is interested in ‘a proper free trade deal’ with Brexit Britain, after hopes of a full-blown trade deal were abandoned last year.

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