After her comment in a Conservative leadership showdown last week, Mr Macron warned it could cause “serious problems” in Anglo-French relations, insisting he considered the UK a friend “independently of its leaders and sometimes despite its leaders “. In the final leg of the campaign to succeed Boris Johnson at Wembley on Wednesday, Mrs Truss chose her words more diplomatically. He made it clear that he sees Trump’s return to the White House as a possibility if he is re-elected to the presidency in 2024. Asked by LBC radio host Nick Ferrari if former US President Trump was “friend or foe”, she replied: “I’m not going to comment on future presidential candidates. “We have to work with whoever is in the White House. The United States is our closest ally. “I met both President Trump when he was in office and President Biden now that he’s in office. And my priority is to work to promote freedom and democracy around the world and to work with our American allies against a very serious threat we face, including an assertive China and a belligerent Russia. “The United States and France are freedom-loving democracies, and I will work with both, whoever the leader is.” Ms Truss later dodged a question about whether she would rather accept a cocktail invitation from Trump or Facebook executive and former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg if the two men made the offer during her first trip to the White House as prime minister . “My goodness, what a choice,” laughed the Foreign Secretary, who had just accused Mr Clegg of blocking her efforts to reduce mandatory childcare levels during the coalition government. “I think I would focus on meeting with President Biden.”

title: “Liz Truss Refuses To Say Whether Donald Trump Is Friend Or Foe Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-08” author: “Benton Murphy”

After her comment in a Conservative leadership showdown last week, Mr Macron warned it could cause “serious problems” in Anglo-French relations, insisting he considered the UK a friend “independently of its leaders and sometimes despite its leaders “. In the final leg of the campaign to succeed Boris Johnson at Wembley on Wednesday, Mrs Truss chose her words more diplomatically. He made it clear that he sees Trump’s return to the White House as a possibility if he is re-elected to the presidency in 2024. Asked by LBC radio host Nick Ferrari if former US President Trump was “friend or foe”, she replied: “I’m not going to comment on future presidential candidates. “We have to work with whoever is in the White House. The United States is our closest ally. “I met both President Trump when he was in office and President Biden now that he’s in office. And my priority is to work to promote freedom and democracy around the world and to work with our American allies against a very serious threat we face, including an assertive China and a belligerent Russia. “The United States and France are freedom-loving democracies, and I will work with both, whoever the leader is.” Ms Truss later dodged a question about whether she would rather accept a cocktail invitation from Trump or Facebook executive and former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg if the two men made the offer during her first trip to the White House as prime minister . “My goodness, what a choice,” laughed the Foreign Secretary, who had just accused Mr Clegg of blocking her efforts to reduce mandatory childcare levels during the coalition government. “I think I would focus on meeting with President Biden.”