PRIME MINISTER LIZ TRUSS: I think we have to remember what situation this country was facing. UNIDENTIFIED JOURNALIST: Lydia says, are you ashamed of what you've done? Are you? So after nearly a week of silence, Truss spent this morning in damage control mode, doing interviews with local radio hosts who put listeners' questions to her in exchanges that often turn tense. And throughout this week, the fallout has been not just financial, but political, too. The intention was to trigger higher growth rates, In Truss's words, to unleash the U.K.'s talent, essentially to encourage a form of trickle-down economics. It all started last Friday, when her government promised lower taxes on individual income, property transactions and corporate revenues. And now, this week, after the introduction of a raft of economic policies, some have started to both publicly and privately criticize their leadership. She never even had the support of a majority of her own legislators. WILLEM MARX, BYLINE: Liz Truss took up her post as prime minister thanks to a tiny fraction of the British population - a vote amongst Conservative Party members. And to her critics, the country's new prime minister, Liz Truss, seems to be part of the problem, as Willem Marx reports from London. The country's currency fell over the weekend to a record low. Over the past week, Great Britain has faced a sudden economic shock.
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