Liz Truss has warned that the world requires a new US President to confront the mounting challenges posed by China, Russia, and Iran.
In an article for the Wall Street Journal, the former Prime Minister, who is on her way to Washington DC to meet with key Republicans in the Capitol, slammed President Joe Biden’s ineffective leadership.
In it, she stated her hope that the Republican candidate will win next year, which might be interpreted as an endorsement of former President Donald Trump, who polls show is the overwhelming favourite to win the Republican nomination.
Whoever the candidate is, he or she will almost certainly run against President Biden, who is planning to run for a second term despite his ill health and advanced age.
Ms Truss, on the other hand, warned that the White House is in need of “conservative leadership” equal to what Ronald Reagan delivered at the end of the Cold War.
Ms Truss noted that for as long as she could remember the US had led the free world in resisting tyranny such as Communism.
She wrote: “The world would benefit from more of that kind of American leadership today.
“I hope that a Republican will be returned to the White House in 2024.
“There must be conservative leadership in the US that is once again bold enough to call out hostile regimes as evil and a threat.”
In particular, she highlighted the threats posed by China, Russia and Iran, which has been involved with the Hamas atrocities in Israel.
She said: “Too many of us in the Western world became complacent about the defeat of our communist enemies and believed that victory was everlasting for freedom and democracy. In reality, no such victories are permanent.
“The West allowed China to join the World Trade Organization as a developing nation—on beneficial terms it enjoys to this day—as President Xi Jinping proceeded to make himself president for life, clamped down on democracy and freedom of speech in Hong Kong and presided over human-rights abuses in Xinjiang province.
“Meantime Iran is backing terrorists such as Hamas and developing its own nuclear capability—all while the U.S. waits in vain for Tehran to sign the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal.
“And Vladimir Putin’s territorial ambitions are ever more hostile.”
The former Prime Minister also warned that the battle must be done domestically in the United States, the United Kingdom, and other Western societies, warning that woke culture has begun to “rot them” from inside with “attacks on the Anglo-American values of patriotism, freedom, and family.”