'Not Funny!' Liz Truss Storms Off Stage As Lettuce Stunt Crashes Her 'Pro-Trump' Event

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Former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss fell unfortunate to yet different lettuce-related stunt connected Tuesday nighttime while hosting a pro-Donald Trump speaking arena successful Suffolk, England.

Truss was explaining to nan crowd why she backed nan erstwhile U.S. president and Republican campaigner for re-election — and why Americans were struggling pinch nan system — erstwhile she was rudely interrupted.

But Truss seemed wholly oblivious arsenic a banner depicting a lettuce (with goggly eyes) slow unfurled from nan ceiling down her.

To make matters worse, it had nan words, “I collapsed nan economy” written connected there, too.

And, presumably by axenic luck, she happened to beryllium wearing a green, leaf-y colored dress.

Truss did not recognize she had been upstaged by nan remote-controlled banner until personification other came connected shape and pointed it retired to her.

The personification she was speaking to connected shape said he had “no thought wherever that came from” — astatine which point, hesitant giggles started to break retired successful nan audience.

But Truss looked up astatine it, and said: “That’s not funny.”

She stormed disconnected shape while a reluctant smattering of applause filled nan room.

The stunt, from activistic group Led By Donkeys, is a throwback to nan celebrated Daily Star trick, wherever nan newspaper group up a livestream of a lettuce to spot which would past longer — Truss’s profession successful Downing Street aft her mini-Budget aliases nan crockery item.

A one-minute video of nan stunt quickly went viral overnight, racking up 2.3 cardinal views complete little than 12 hours.

Led By Donkeys performed a akin prank with Reform UK’s Nigel Farage astatine nan extremity of June.

They infuriated nan populist leader by mounting up a banner of Russian President Vladimir Putin and nan words “I ❤️ Nigel” down him erstwhile Farage was connected nan run trail.

Ironically, Truss’s furious guidance came conscionable hours aft she advocated for free speech connected X, writing: “I americium appalled by nan attacks connected free reside successful Britain and Europe.

“We can’t beryllium genuinely free without free speech. Good for Elon Musk and X for opinionated up to these bullies.”

Her comments followed Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s promise to clasp societal media bosses to relationship for not policing their platforms effectively, aft disinformation helped galvanize far-right, anti-immigration riots crossed nan U.K. earlier this month.

Truss — who mislaid her spot successful parliament astatine nan wide election, little than 2 years aft her £45 cardinal ($57.8 billion) of unfunded taxation cuts crashed nan economy — has been trying to make a sanction for herself successful nan U.S. recently.

She has go an avid protagonist of Trump, while besides many times trying to blasted nan Bank of England for her disastrous mini-Budget.

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