Boris Johnson 'warns of Brexit meltdown'

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has reportedly warned there may be a Brexit "meltdown" and has also praised US President Donald Trump saying there is "method in his madness", media reports said.

In comments made at a private dinner this week, the British Foreign Secretary also referred to the Treasury as the "heart of Remain", according to a report by Buzzfeed.

In recorded comments to the campaign group Conservative Way Forward he reportedly said he was "increasingly admiring of Donald Trump".

Johnson's friends said they were disappointed that the remarks made at a private event had been covertly recorded, the BBC said.

The foreign secretary was apparently speaking to a group in a private room after an Institute of Directors reception on Wednesday night.

According to Buzzfeed, Johnson said Prime Minister Theresa May was "going to go into a phase where we are much more combative with Brussels".

He reportedly added: "You've got to face the fact there may now be a meltdown. OK? I don't want anybody to panic during the meltdown. No panic. Pro bono publico,... It's going to be all right in the end."

Johnson was said to have also described concerns over the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic as "pure millennium bug stuff" and suggested that Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond's department was "basically the Heart of Remain".

On the US President, who is preparing for an historic summit with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, Johnson reportedly said: "I have become more and more convinced that there is method in his madness."

He added: "He'd go in bloody hard... There would be all sorts of breakdowns, all sorts of chaos. Everyone would think he had gone mad. But actually you might get somewhere. It's a very, very good thought."

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