BORIS JOHNSON’S efforts to have British media portray his US trip for a TV appearance as a bid to persuade Donald Trump to back the Iran nuclear deal is beyond satire.

The US president couldn’t give a toss for the opinion of our self-absorbed excuse for a foreign secretary.

Trump knows what Washington’s European allies think of his loudly declared declaration to ditch the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed by the US, China, Russia, Germany, France and Britain with Iran.