Liz Truss: I would vote for Donald Trump

Liz Truss speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the United States. Photo: SHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Liz Truss said that if she were an American citizen, she would vote for Donald Trump rather than Joe Biden, effectively supporting the Republican leader in his race to retake the White House in November.

Ms Truss criticized Mr Biden for projecting «weakness» on the world stage, telling The Telegraph the Republican Party was more «pro-British» and could implement Ronald Reagan's «peace through strength» philosophy.

< p>The former prime minister was in suburban Washington to share the stage with Mr Trump at a major US Conservative conference.

Speaking after a speech to grassroots activists, Ms Truss said raging global conflicts required strong US leadership on this issue. world stage.

She said: “I think we need peace through strength. And I think that's what we would see if the Republicans came back, and also I think the Republicans are more pro-British than the Democrats.»

'Don't abandon Ukraine'

Ms Truss refused to join into the Republican primary, in which Mr. Trump has a decisive lead over Nikki Haley, his former ambassador to the United Nations.

But she said that if Mr. Trump wins his party's primary as expected , “I would prefer Trump to have more than Biden.”

Liz Truss and Nigel Farage on a panel at the conference Photo: José Luis Magana

Ms Truss is a strong supporter of arming Ukraine against Russian aggression and Mr Trump is pressuring Republicans to withhold £75m of funding for Ukraine and Israel.

Ms. Truss expressed optimism that the Republican Party would not back down. Kyiv, despite growing hostility to the US financial burden.

“That’s not what I heard,” Ms. Truss said of the discussions at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). “People talked about peace through strength, showing strength to aggressors, not weakness.”

Trump supporters in the Conservative Party Political Conference action in Maryland Photo: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Reuters

She added that the Republicans she spoke with at the event «absolutely view Russia as part of an axis of authoritarian states that are trying to take over our way of life.» .

CPAC is the nation's largest annual gathering of rank-and-file conservatives, with a speaker list dominated by Trump allies, including some of his potential vice presidential picks.

Former President will deliver the keynote address at the forum on Saturday. .

Ms Truss' speech on Thursday night was titled «Take Back Our Parties» and warned of the threat of left-wing ideas to Western civilization, which she warned was «undermining» . Anglo-American values ​​are being “questioned” and “challenged.”

«Meanwhile, we saw President Biden asleep at the wheel in the White House,» she said.

Among those sharing the stage with Ms. Truss at CPAC were media figures and far-right politicians, some of whom share Trump's claim that his 2020 loss to Biden was rigged.

Away from the main stage conference vendors sold «Woke Tears» water bottles and a pinball machine mocked the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, during which a mob of Trump supporters attempted to stop the certification of the 2020 election.

Ms Truss defended sharing a platform with election deniers, saying: “Of course there are people with different views at this conference. The only forums I don't believe in are those where I agree with absolutely everyone — otherwise I would never have entered the House of Commons.»

She later appeared alongside Steve Bannon, Trump's former chief White House strategist, who also made accusations of election fraud on his show “War Room.”

Asked if she was «tough enough» to deal with Britain's troubles, Ms Truss said: «I need a few more people to help me.»

She told him: «How Once you have dealt with America, you will come to Great Britain and deal with us.”

Mr Bannon responded: “I think I'll get banned there.”