Boris slams Putin’s ‘toxic masculinity’ saying he wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine if he was a woman as ministers brand Russian dictator a ‘lunatic’ with ‘small man syndrome’
Boris Johnson laid into ‘crazy’ and ‘macho’ Vladimir Putin today saying he would not have invaded Ukraine if he were a woman.
The PM condemned the Russian dictator’s ‘toxic masculinity’ as he joined NATO leaders for a crucial summit in Madrid.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace also waded in, branding Putin a ‘lunatic’ who has ‘small man syndrome’.
The highly personal jibes came after G7 leaders ridiculed the president for his testosterone-fuelled photo ops.
At a gathering in Germany, Mr Johnson, Justin Trudeau and the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen were overheard joking that they should do some ‘bare-chested horseback riding’ to show they were ‘tougher’ than Putin.
Boris Johnson laid into ‘crazy’ and ‘macho’ Vladimir Putin (pictured) today saying he would not have invaded Ukraine if he were a woman
The PM condemned the Russian dictator’s ‘toxic masculinity’ as he joined NATO leaders for a crucial summit in Madrid (pictured)
A 2009 photo of a shirtless Vladimir Putin riding a horse in the mountains of the Siberian Tyva region during his vacation
Speaking as he prepared to go from the G7 summit in Bavaria to NATO, Mr Johnson told German broadcaster ZDF: ‘If Putin was a woman, which he obviously isn’t, but if he were, I really don’t think he would’ve embarked on a crazy, macho war of invasion and violence in the way that he has.
‘If you want a perfect example of toxic masculinity, it’s what he’s doing in Ukraine’.
He made the comments arguing that ‘you need more women in positions of power’.
Meanwhile, Mr Wallace told LBC this morning: ‘I certainly think Putin’s view of himself and the world is a small man syndrome, macho view.
‘You rarely hear the phrase small woman syndrome. You always hear small man syndrome and he’s got it in spades.’
Mr Johnson also said the G7 meeting had been ‘incredible’ as leaders ‘got closer and closer’.
‘The logic is yes of course people all want the war to end, they want the war to end desperately, but there’s no deal available.
‘Putin isn’t making an offer of a deal, (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky can’t make an offer of a deal.’
The PM said the West must support Kyiv in its military strategy to help change the dynamic of the conflict, and to get Mr Zelensky ‘in the best possible position to talk if and when talks eventually come’.
‘We really do want to give the Ukrainians strategic endurance,’ he said.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace also waded in, branding Putin a ‘lunatic’ who has ‘small man syndrome’
G7 leaders were overhear mocking Putin’s testosterone-fuelled photo ops at the weekend. Clockwise from left, Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, Charles Michel, President of the European Council, Mario Draghi, Prime Minister of Italy, Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister of France, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, US President Joe Biden and Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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