Liz Truss Bizarrely Claims Trump Can 'Save Europe' And Prevent UK 'Blackouts'

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/67346f631f00001900b26df1.jpeg?cache=atDyYGElsB&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Liz Truss thinks Donald Trump can save Europe" data-caption="Liz Truss thinks Donald Trump can save Europe" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="AP" />Liz Truss thinks Donald Trump can save Europe</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/liz-truss" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Liz Truss </a>thinks<a href="news/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Donald Trump </a>can “save Europe,” “give us our confidence back” and prevent the UK from having blackouts, apparently.</p><p>The former prime minister, who was in No.10 for the historically short period of just 49 days, is delighted the Republican is returning to the White House with X CEO <a href="news/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Elon Musk</a> by his side.</p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/president-trump-can-save-europe-taxes-regulation-the-blob-caused-stagnation-he-shows-way-out-00ef9559?mod=hp_opin_pos_2#cxrecs_s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Writing in the Wall Street Journal</a>, she suggested Trump could provide the UK with a much needed boost through a UK-US trade deal.</p><p>She said the States could offer tariff-free trade in exchange if the UK vows to increase its “defence spending, abandon net-zero targets and take a firmer line on China”.</p><p>She continued: “Now, with Britain struggling under <a href="https://www.wsj.com/topics/person/keir-starmer">Keir Starmer</a>’s socialist policies, a deal is even more compelling.</p><p>“It could be the