Liz Truss, Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson? Inside the Ex- PM's Foray for Make America Great Again

The former UK leader, kicked off the premiere of her YouTube show with a pledge to expose "the evil-doers" working to undermine Western democracies. Truss elaborated she would uncover how an "worldwide alliance of leftists operate to subvert popular rule and the electorate's mandate."

"Our focus will be on the political movement of Donald Trump and understand how it can be achieved in Britain," Truss declared. "We'll be talking to the key figures of the Maga movement."

Before the show's launch, there was a notably ardent backer. "This is the beginning of a sort of revolution," remarked John Solomon. His media outlet Just the News will host the former prime minister's new podcasts.

Forging Alliances in the Conservative Media Landscape

UK-based allies, such as a pro-Reform adviser, have also helped her set up the Truss's program. The setup is adequate, though simple. Truss has amassed a subscriber base of 10k in her debut week and her premiere achieved tens of thousands of views during that week.

This represents a humble beginning, but in partnering with the journalist, Truss is being entering a mature right-wing media network creating and spreading Maga talking points. Its obsessions encompass accusations of information control by the traditional news outlets and a aim to eradicate a conspiratorial 'deep state' – which Truss blames for the abrupt termination of her disastrous time in office.

"Just the News is not well-known outside of the pro-Trump media sphere, but it does have influence there, largely because of John Solomon, who gives commentary on conservative outlets like Steve Bannon's War Room and has even questioned the former president," noted Professor Alex Hinton, who has analyzed the Make America Great Again phenomenon.

A Contentious Ally

Her effort to transplant the pro-Trump media model to the United Kingdom has pushed her closer to divisive personalities such as Solomon.

He founded the platform in the wake of criticism following accusations of promoting misleading narratives about Biden's anti-corruption work in Ukraine, as well as disputed reports about ex-ambassador to the region.

His claims were repeated within the pro-Trump media, with he serving as a common interviewee on the widely-watched Fox News show. Trump himself boosted the journalist's work.

Solomon made the reports about Ukraine in a set of articles for the publication The Hill, after having been re-designated as an opinion writer following internal criticism over his articles. His claims were pivotal in Trump's pressure for the Ukrainian government to probe the Biden family in 2019. This pressure led to articles of impeachment against the president. The Senate later voted to acquit the commander-in-chief.

Shortly after he exited the Hill in autumn 2019, the outlet revealed it was carrying out a assessment of his columns about the Ukraine issue. It determined Solomon had relied on unreliable sources and stated he "did not disclose crucial information about primary contacts in Ukraine, including the reality that they had been charged or were being probed."

Joining the Network

His broadcast spots are a indication of the political media environment Truss is joining. He discussed his endorsement of her new show on a broadcast he helps run on the right-wing channel, a political media platform that is where you find the pro-Trump commentator ex-Trump strategist Bannon and on which former Fox host Tucker Carlson also is seen. The ex-PM has already spoken with Steve Bannon on an early episode.

By partnering with Solomon and Just the News, Truss has become a niche participant in a broader ecosystem of right-wing publications that often amplify each other's content.

The journalist's programs have frequently included figures such as Mike Benz, a conservative commentator whose disparagement of the US Agency for International Development was cited by the X owner as reasoning behind closing the foreign aid agency.

A Cross-Border Foray

Even though Truss's stilted style and professional woes have been mocked at home, certain American analysts are not discounting her bid to rebrand as a UK offshoot of the pro-Trump media ecosystem.

"One must regard people like Truss as significant, although you may not want to take them literally," said a Democratic strategist, who was employed in the Biden White House.

"Observers witnessed how in the last election cycle President Trump utilized that ecosystem to get his message out. Certainly that ecosystem exports and influences conversation internationally. It seems relatively clear to me that the conditions in the United Kingdom are akin to what allowed this alternative media ecosystem to thrive in America."

Professor Alan Finlayson, said the internet-based conservative network was already exerting influence in the UK.

"Online platforms is borderless," Finlayson remarked. "There's a kind milieu within which ideas travel – at times manifesting in radical ways and sometimes less so – but which is networked."

Hinton said the expansion of the digital conservative movement in the UK in recent times meant the "chance to have a growing impact is substantial."

Cross-Atlantic Aspirations

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