The world "needs a Republican back in the White House", Liz Truss has told a right-wing conference in America, but stopped short of directly endorsing Donald Trump.In a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington DC, the former prime minister said conservatives being in power was the only way to "save the West" from opponents such as Russia, Iran and China.

The world "needs a Republican back in the White House", Liz Truss has told a right-wing conference in America, but stopped short of directly endorsing Donald Trump.In a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington DC, the former prime minister said conservatives being in power was the only way to "save the West" from opponents such as Russia, Iran and China.