Former British PM Liz Truss says it ‘has to be’ Trump in White House next year

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Monday criticized President Biden but supported Trump’s bid to become president, saying former President Donald Trump “should” take the White House after the 2024 election.

“I don’t think Biden has been particularly supportive of the UK. I think he’s been on the side a lot. [European Union]”truss” Speaking on a British news radio station LBC. “And I certainly would like to see the new president in the White House.”

Truss is the shortest-serving prime minister in the country’s history and has become a major supporter of conservative politics in the United States since leaving No. 10 Downing Street in 2022.

Although she has never endorsed Trump by name, she spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington in February and wrote the following statement: Wall Street Journal editorial We want a Republican president.

“I hope a Republican returns to the White House in 2024,” she wrote in November. “America must have conservative leadership bold enough to once again condemn a hostile regime as evil and a threat.”

Conservatives promoted her new book on Monday, saying President Trump’s policies were “actually very effective.”

“He cut regulations, cut taxes, and freed up America’s energy supply. This is why the United States had significantly higher economic growth than Britain,” Trump said, adding that Trump was “expanding his aggressive administration. “If Trump is re-elected in 2020, we will be in a different position.” ”

Mr Truss’s 50-day term as Prime Minister was largely marked by turmoil, with a large government budget not passed and hampered by a rotating cabinet. Her leadership also caused the British pound to fall to an all-time low compared to the US dollar, and economic analysts denounced her unpopular tax proposals. At the end of her term, she was the most unpopular prime minister in British history, according to opinion polls.