Piers Morgan Roasts 'Wannabe PM' Liz Truss Who 'Doesn't Have a Clue!' About Foreign Policy

Earlier, as London echoed unproven US claims alleging that Moscow was planning an "invasion" of Ukraine, Russian diplomats questioned UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss' historical knowledge following comments about Mongols and Tartars invading Kiev.

Piers Morgan, the former Good Morning Britain host, has roasted UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on social media, labelling her interview on LBC as "excruciating."

Morgan blasted Truss as someone who "doesn't have a clue" about "foreign policy" following her comments about how the UK would respond to an alleged "attack from Russia."

This is excruciating.
The Foreign Secretary, who wants to be Prime Minister, doesn’t seem to have a clue what she’s talking about on the vital foreign policy issue of the moment.
👇👇👇🙈 https://t.co/gFmfWCq7Q0

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 26, 2022

The sharp-tongued television personality also shared a short clip of LBC host Nick Ferrari interviewing the foreign secretary. Morgan also mocked the politician who he claims “wants to be prime minister” and has been suggested as a potential challenger to scandal-plagued Boris Johnson.

In the LBC interview which aired on Wednesday, Truss was asked about the defensive aid the UK recently sent to Ukraine.

Amid heightened tensions between the US and Russia fuelled by unproven claims from America and its NATO allies, including the UK, that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is an increasing possibility, earlier reports suggested that London had sent around 30 elite troops to Ukraine to train the local forces to use anti-tank weapons transferred to Kiev by London.

"We've been sending, I understand, some kind of kit. What exactly have we sent to date?" queried the host. To this, Truss responded by saying, "We've sent defensive weapons, so anti-tank weapons."

The radio host continued, saying, "Right, can I note, you've used the word incursion on three occasions, foreign secretary. What is the difference between an incursion and an invasion?" A seemingly flustered Truss attempted to clarify, saying:

"Well, an invasion is a narrower definition of moving over the border into Ukraine… Incursion is broader, so it means any Russian movement into Ukraine. It's a technical term that we use which makes it much more specific to be able to target these sanctions."

Earlier, Truss was called out by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova after her speech at independent think tank the Lowy Institute in Australia.

As Truss elaborated on how nations such as the UK and Australia should respond to threats to freedom, democracy, and the rule of law, she happened to mention that Ukraine – "a proud country with a long history" – had withstood invasions "from the Mongols to the Tatars."

Responding to Truss' statement, Zakharova wondered exactly how many years the foreign secretary believes passed between the two invasions – that by Tatars and another by the Mongols.