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Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss spoke at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). She spoke last year as well while she was promoting her new book, but this year’s speech was full of enthusiasm for what’s going on here in the U.S. and what she believes is on the horizon in the UK.
I’velongbeenafanofTruss.Ibelievethathertenureasprimeministerwassoshortbecauseshetriedtochangetoomuchtooquicklyanddidn’tsurroundherselfwiththebestadvisors.Sinceshe’sbeenoutofParliament,shehasbecomeaneffectivespokespersonforBritish(small-c)conservatives.
Trussbeganbythankingtheaudienceandcontrastinglastyear’sCPACwiththisyear’s.Shesaidthat“lastyear,therewasadarkcloudhangingoverthisconference.ItwascalledJoeBiden.Andthisyear,wearenowundertheleadershipofPresidentDonaldTrump.ThisistrulythegoldenageofAmerica.”
ShecomparedourgoldenagewiththestateofGreatBritaintoday:
I’msadtoreportthatBritainisinthedarkage.Wehaveasocialistgovernment,commissarsrulingoverus,whoareleadingourcountryinaterribledirection.ButwhatIwanttosayto
