Liz Truss: Trump Was Right on Many Issues, UK Trade Deal Potential

UK-US Trade Deal Opportunities

• 🤝 Liz Truss sees a significant opportunity for a UK-US trade deal, noting past attempts were blocked by bureaucracy.
• 🎯 She believes current economic conditions, with tariffs impacting UK industries, create pressure for a deal, benefiting sectors like the car industry.
• ⚠️ Truss emphasizes the need for current leadership to confront vested interests and those who wish to remain closely aligned with the EU.

Trump's Perceived Accuracy on Key Issues

• 💡 Truss states that many people in Britain feel Donald Trump has been proven right on numerous issues.
• 📉 She points to the closure of the UK's last steel blast furnace, attributing it to high energy prices, net zero policies, and the refusal to permit fracking.
• 🗣️ Truss suggests that while the public may understand Trump's points on illegal immigration, China, and climate change alarmism, the political elite remains in denial.

The "Deep State" and Elite Resistance

• 🏛️ Truss draws a parallel between the resistance she faced from the British bureaucracy (the "blob" or "Mandarins") and the challenges Trump faces in America.
• 💰 She argues that vested interests, including Wall Street and the economic elite, actively resist change and can influence narratives, citing the push to predict a US recession when Biden is in power.
• 🏦 Truss recounts her experience with the Bank of England, which she claims blamed her for its own failings, using its media and financial elite connections to weaponize the system against her.

Ongoing Battle Against Vested Interests

• 🚀 Truss believes Trump is shaking things up by challenging these powerful groups who have benefited from dependencies on China, policies like net zero, and DEI initiatives.
• ⚔️ She asserts that the battle against these entrenched interests is constant and will never be over.