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In June 2016, just days before the Brexit vote, Ms Truss tweeted: “Leave cannot name one country we would get a better trade deal with if we left the EU.”<\/p>\n
Following the vote that took Britain out of the bloc, Ms Truss’s Twitter account shows little activity in support of the UK remaining in the bloc.<\/p>\n
In 2017, Ms Truss publicly declared her change of heart and said she would back Brexit if another vote took place.<\/p>\n
She told the BBC’s Daily Politics: “The reason I’ve said [I would now back Brexit] is because I voted to Remain because I was concerned about the economy but what we’ve seen since the Brexit vote is our economy has done well.<\/p>\n
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“We’ve attracted new overseas investment, we haven’t seen the dire predictions come to pass.<\/p>\n
“We have seen new opportunities to trade with the rest of the world, I think that’s exciting.<\/p>\n
“I believed there would be massive economic problems but those haven’t come to pass and I’ve also seen the opportunities.<\/p>\n
“The other thing is it was a big moment on June 23rd when British people voted to leave and it was an expression about what kind of country we wanted to be and I think that has changed the debate in this country as well.”<\/p>\n
Since then, the Tory rank and file favourite has considerably changed tack with her promotion to International Trade Secretary in Boris Johnson’s ‘Get Brexit Done’ Government.<\/p>\n
Just before she was promoted to Foreign Secretary, Ms Truss branded the EU “protectionist” and said the UK “lost our trade muscle memory that we’d built up as a sovereign trading nation,” explaining the UK has been “building it back” since leaving the bloc.<\/p>\n
DON’T MISS<\/em><\/strong> Who else in the cabinet was pro-remain?<\/p>\n Michael Gove, one of the Prime Minister’s most doting supporters, was a Brexit supporter prior to the referendum and was one of its biggest architects.<\/p>\n Alongside Mr Gove, Priti Patel is one of the cabinet’s longest-standing Eurosceptics and voted to leave in 2016.<\/p>\n Ms Truss’s replacement at the Department for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan is one of the original Brexiteers, having pushed for Britain to quit the EU ahead of the referendum, taking a leading role during the Leave campaign itself and quitting Theresa May’s Government in protest at the doomed deal that eventually saw the former PM out of office.<\/p>\n Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said he was “gutted” by the UK’s decision to leave the EU, but in the same tweet said: “But it is now my duty to make sure The UK thrives in the world and stays together.”<\/p>\n Former Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who was replaced by Ms Truss, was also a remainer prior to the Brexit vote.<\/p>\n Recently appointed Sajid Javid backed remaining in the EU during Brexit and was a member of the Britain Stronger in Europe group.<\/p>\n Transport Secretary Grant Schapps also originally backed remain, as did Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis and COP26 President Alok Sharma.<\/p>\n
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