{"id":2583826,"date":"2026-03-25T18:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liz-truss-claims-uk-wont-back-trumps-war-in-iran-to-appease-british-islamists\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:49:20","slug":"liz-truss-claims-uk-wont-back-trumps-war-in-iran-to-appease-british-islamists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liz-truss-claims-uk-wont-back-trumps-war-in-iran-to-appease-british-islamists\/","title":{"rendered":"Liz Truss claims UK won&#8217;t back Trump&#8217;s war in Iran to &#8216;appease British Islamists&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliz-truss-claims-uk-wont-back-trumps-war-in-iran-to-appease-british-islamists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2583826&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss used the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas to claim the UK did not back Donald Trump\u2019s strikes on Iran in order to appease Britain\u2019s Islamist backers. She argued Britain is under \u201csocialist rule\u201d and criticized Prime Minister Keir Starmer for being fence-sitting on foreign strikes,though Starmer later allowed bases to be used for defensive actions if they complied with international law. Truss also faulted other European leaders for not doing more and warned that Europe\u2019s energy security is at risk due to not exploiting North Sea oil and gas and overreliance on intermittent renewables.<\/p>\n<p>She suggested western europe expects the united States to bail them out and asserted Britain has failed to defend its interests, including by not sending a warship to the Middle East.Truss, who served only 49 days as <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prime minister<\/a>, remains a prominent figure at CPAC and in MAGA circles, where she has launched a podcast and continues to advocate a tougher stance on Iran and what she terms the \u201cdeep state.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former British PM Liz Truss claims UK won&rsquo;t back Trump&rsquo;s war in Iran to &lsquo;appease British Islamists&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>DALLAS &ndash; <\/strong>Former British Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/liz-truss\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/liz-truss\/\">Liz Truss<\/a> claimed the United Kingdom had failed to back <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> strikes on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran <\/a>because it had to appease its Islamist backers.<\/p>\n<p>She appeared at the Conservative Political Action Conference in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dallas\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1504\">Dallas<\/a>, Texas with other European politicians to discuss why<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"603\"> NATO allies<\/a> had been so reluctant to support Trump&rsquo;s war.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4503730\/trump-netanyahu-imminent-peace-iran\/\">Trump and Netanyahu&#8217;s rhetoric about imminent peace with Iran may not be what it seems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4503459\/white-house-disputes-report-15-point-plan-iran-negotiations\/\">White House disputes reports of &#8217;15-point plan&#8217; and refuses to explain &#8216;nitty gritty details&#8217; of Iran negotiations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4503184\/keir-starmer-nigel-farage-reform-mps-storm-out\/\">Keir Starmer-Nigel Farage blow-up in Parliament ends with Reform MPs storming out<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The situation in Britain is that Britain is under socialist rule,&rdquo; said the former Conservative leader.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video featured-post-video in-content bridtv\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2543341\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video-placeholder\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-top:56.25%;background-color:#000;\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100%;height:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not just socialist rule. We have a government that has to appease the Islamists. That&rsquo;s why they have sat on the fence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>British Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/keir-starmer\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/keir-starmer\/\">Keir Starmer<\/a> infuriated Trump by refusing the use of British bases for strikes in the early phases of the war.<\/p>\n<p>He has since allowed the bases to be used for defensive strikes, saying that their use must be compatible with international law, as he tries to keep in the President&rsquo;s good graces.<\/p>\n<p>Other European leaders have gone further by condemning the conflict and refusing any help at all.<\/p>\n<p>Truss, whose 49 days in power make her the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boris-johnson-the-next-prime-minister\/\" title=\"Boris Johnson: The Next ...?\">shortest-serving prime minister<\/a> in British history, said Starmer was thinking only of his own voters.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4502316\/cpac-opportunity-go-to-conservative-conference\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4502316\/cpac-opportunity-go-to-conservative-conference\/\"><strong>WHY CPAC HAS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO REESTABLISH ITSELF AS THE &lsquo;GO-TO CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s why they failed to offer up bases to be used for strikes against the appalling regime,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;Because they are concerned about what&rsquo;s going on with their voter base, their Islamist voter base in Britain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She said European governments had also been complacent about the potential threat to energy in the event of conflict in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"102\">Middle East<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As far as energy has been concerned, we have committed economic suicide by not fracking, by not drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea, and by instead supporting renewable energy, which is intermittent,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have left ourselves very exposed to energy shocks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/newsletters.washingtonexaminer.com\/newsletters\/washington-secrets\/?utm_source=Washington%20Secrets%20Lara%20Trump_01\/21\/2026&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WEX_Washington%20Secrets&amp;rid=25812206&amp;env=da31c45955c9411a6c40ecd0e967fa8def1f0fc08362faaa0dee09386ff5c41b\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/newsletters.washingtonexaminer.com\/newsletters\/washington-secrets\/?utm_source=Washington%20Secrets%20Lara%20Trump_01\/21\/2026&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WEX_Washington%20Secrets&amp;rid=25812206&amp;env=da31c45955c9411a6c40ecd0e967fa8def1f0fc08362faaa0dee09386ff5c41b\"><strong>SUBSCRIBE TO WASHINGTON SECRETS BY ROB CRILLY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Truss&rsquo;s short tenure has made her a figure of ridicule at home in the U.K. However, she is a frequent attendee at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cpac\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1638\">CPAC<\/a> and other right-wing American events as she tries to find a place <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maga\/\">in the MAGAverse<\/a>. She launched a podcast at the end of last year, focusing on confronting the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-up-with-the-washington-examiner-bidens-trump-proofing-plan-and-gops-war-with-walzs-service-record-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Wake up with the Washington Examiner: Biden\u2019s \u2018Trump...proofing\u2019 plan and GOP\u2019s war with Walz\u2019s service record ... Washington Examiner\">deep state&#038;rdquo<\/a>; that tried to destroy her.<\/p>\n<p>Truss was the most senior figure on a panel of international politicians ahead of the main CPAC conference that begins on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>Their discussion was punctuated by calls for quiet as hundreds of attendees milled around the convention hall to collect their accreditation. And every so often, a bell would sound from a watergun fairground attraction, indicating that someone had claimed a prize. <\/p>\n<p>Against that backdrop, Ric Grenell, one of Trump&rsquo;s top aides, asked why close allies had not supported Trump&rsquo;s actions against Iran,<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a big conversation in America about the amount of money that we give and that we aren&rsquo;t all sharing the burden that we should,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I would put it to the table to ask what is the state of NATO and what is going on with Iran.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Truss said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/britain\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1179\">Britain<\/a> simply was not even able to send a warship to the Middle East to defend British interests in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Western Europe has expected the United States to bail us out,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We haven&rsquo;t spent enough on defense, we haven&rsquo;t made sure we have energy security.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you want to read more of Rob Crilly, please subscribe to his daily newsletter, Washington Secrets, a guide to power and politics in D.C. and beyond. You can reach Rob at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"b8cbdddbcaddcccbf8cfd9cbd0d1d6dfccd7d6ddc0d9d5d1d6ddca96dbd7d5\">[email&nbsp;protected]<\/a> <em>with comments, story tips, and suggestions. Sign up for the newsletter <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/newsletters.washingtonexaminer.com\/newsletters\/washington-secrets\/?utm_source=Washington%20Secrets%20Lara%20Trump_01\/21\/2026&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WEX_Washington%20Secrets&amp;rid=25812206&amp;env=da31c45955c9411a6c40ecd0e967fa8def1f0fc08362faaa0dee09386ff5c41b\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/newsletters.washingtonexaminer.com\/newsletters\/washington-secrets\/?utm_source=Washington%20Secrets%20Lara%20Trump_01\/21\/2026&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WEX_Washington%20Secrets&amp;rid=25812206&amp;env=da31c45955c9411a6c40ecd0e967fa8def1f0fc08362faaa0dee09386ff5c41b\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paraphrase:<br \/>\nAt CPAC in Dallas, former UK prime minister Liz Truss claimed Britain did not back Trump\u2019s strikes on Iran in order to appease Islamist backers, describing the country as being under socialist influence and overly cautious to please that voter base. She asserted that Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to allow British bases to be used for early strikes, only permitting defensive use later if it complied with international law. Truss argued that European leaders had been too quiet in condemning the conflict and warned that Western Europe relies on the United States for security. She criticized Britain\u2019s energy policy, saying the country has spurned North Sea oil and gas and favored intermittent renewables, leaving it exposed to energy shocks. She also contended that defense and energy decisions have put Britain at risk and suggested Starmer prioritized his own voters over national interests.<\/p>\n<p>55-character headline:<br \/>\nUK won&#8217;t back Trump Iran war to appease Islamists<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4136,"featured_media":2583827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25051625852183.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[76543,75205,38180,3634,37154],"class_list":["post-2583826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-british-islamists","tag-iran-war-2","tag-liz-truss","tag-trump","tag-uk-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25051625852183.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583826"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583830,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583826\/revisions\/2583830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2583827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}