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Britain and Europe ought to “help America get out of the mess” in Iran, in line with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The ex-Tory chief stated Europe ought to have helped the US escape a “trap” and reopen the Strait of Hormuz – a essential delivery route for oil provides – in return for President Trump stepping up assist for Ukraine.

Mr Johnson instructed La Repubblica’s Antonello Guerrera: “We’ve all made a big mistake in Europe; as soon as it was clear that Trump had got into a trap in the Gulf, that there was a kind of checkmate in the Straits, we should have realised that Europe should try as much as possible, within reason, to help America and help America get out of the mess.”

Mr Johnson stated he didn’t “think it was sensible to try to attack Iran in the way that Israel and America did” however he argues Europe ought to have stated: “Look, of course, NATO can help to try to get America out of this mess. But you should help us more in Ukraine.”

He warned that “America now looks isolated” in its negotiations and the Iranians and Russians “can see this”.

“We should have been there,” Mr Johnson stated. “The fact is, our team captain, Trump, has made a big mistake, right? And what does the team do? “Does the team tell the team captain, ‘Go to hell, we have nothing to do with you?’ Or does it try to help solve the problem?”

He added: “We accepted American help for wars which were fundamentally the Europeans’ fault, and now, when America has stuffed up, we say, well, you know, ‘Go to hell.’ No. That’s a great mistake.”

However, the previous PM criticised Mr Trump for warning that until Iran agreed to a deal, “a whole civilisation will die”.

He stated: “This is against everything that I believe in, absolutely everything I believe in. I was very, very sad and shocked when I saw that. It’s a disaster.”

Mr Johnson took situation with European states for criticising Mr Trump’s file on Ukraine however failing to assist the embattled state with urgently wanted money.

He stated: “I was in Ukraine very recently, and, you know, one thing that they really need is – they’re going to run out of money. They need the funds, and we haven’t provided them. It’s a total disgrace.”

When requested if he thought the US would pull out of NATO, he stated: “I think the President is clearly thinking about some way of punishing NATO allies and all this sort of thing. I think it would be difficult for him to leave NATO without congressional approval.

“But yes, I think we shouldn’t have let this happen.”

Mr Johnson rejected the argument Brexit has broken Britain, saying: “Starmer is such a useless, useless, useless Prime Minister that he is trying to blame absolutely everything for Labour’s economic mistakes.”

He additionally urged Reform UK “has a slow puncture” and heaped reward on current Tory chief Kemi Badenoch, insisting she is “doing better and better”.