Former Prime Minister Liz Truss is being brutally mocked after she was snubbed by Argentina’s president, who didn’t know who she was.
Truss, who’s presently selling her new e book ‘Ten Years to Save the West’, was lately requested on GB Information who her favorite Tory chief was other than Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher, to which she replied: “Javier Milei”.
Milei was elected in December and is thought for his polarising views on the economic system. He campaigned with a chainsaw to symbolise his need to slash public spending.
Throughout an interview with the BBC, journalist Ione Wells requested Milei: “Liz Truss lately mentioned that you just had been her favorite conservative chief. Do you admire her?”
Milei replied (in Spanish): “Who?”
A BBC translator mentioned: “Liz Truss, the previous UK prime minister.”
Wanting confused, the President replied: “I don’t have parts to present an opinion however what within the UK is outlined as conservative, nicely, we libertarians have quite a lot of frequent floor with that.”
Provided that Truss was Britain’s shortest-serving Prime Minister, it’s little shock that many have no idea who she is.
Basit Mahmood is editor of Left Foot Ahead
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