Former Prime Minister John Major Carl Court via Getty ImagesA former British prime minister has condemned Donald Trump’s handling of the war in Iran. Sir John Major suggested the US-Israeli bombing campaign, which began nearly three weeks ago, was illegal and said the US president had no idea how the conflict will end. Advertisement“This was despite the fact that the war was bound have much wider repercussions across the Middle East and beyond. Retaliation may be deferred, but it is likely to come.”Major, who was prime minister at the time of the first Gulf War in Iraq in the early 1990s, added: “No exit strategy is known. Statesmen do this in private ‒ not in public.”AdvertisementMajor, who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997, also hit out at some of Trump’s other forays into foreign affairs.

Source: Huffington Post March 19, 2026 11:29 UTC