“Many people thought Liz Truss couldn’t embarrass herself further. But they seriously underestimated her on that front.”
Former Tory leader Liz Truss has been brutally mocked online after posting a picture of herself in Washington DC ahead of Trump’s inauguration, with the words ‘The new @realDonaldTrump term can’t come soon enough’.
Truss has made no secret of her support for Trump, despite the far-right Republican spreading misinformation and running an election campaign based on lies and the politics of division.
With Trump set to be sworn in as the 47th president later today, a number of right-wing politicians and commentators in the UK have been showing their support for him, including Farage, Suella Braverman and Laurence Fox.
Truss posted a picture of herself on X, with the words: “In DC. The new @realDonaldTrump term can’t come soon enough. The West needs it.”
One social media user wrote: “I beg you to cease and desist from embarrassing yourself and this country further”, while another wrote: “A national embarrassment goes international.”
The New European posted on X: “Many people thought Liz Truss couldn’t embarrass herself further. But they seriously underestimated her on that front.”
Basit Mahmood is editor of Left Foot Forward
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