The man in black from the 1987 film, The Princess Bride, captures the same kind of hopeless dilemma many governments are facing, choosing between addressing inflation and addressing a possible coming recession. 20th Century Fox hide caption
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Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns in a speech outside of 10 Downing Street in central London on October 20, 2022. DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Rishi Sunak meets supporters at a Conservative Party leadership election in Birmingham, England, in August. He lost that election to Liz Truss. Rui Vieira/AP hide caption
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is among the contenders bidding to succeed Prime Minister Liz Truss. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Liz Truss became the British prime minister on Sept. 6. Stefan Rousseau/AP hide caption
Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers her resignation speech as her husband, Hugh O'Leary, stands nearby at Downing Street in London on Thursday. Truss has been prime minister for just 44 days. Rob Pinney/Getty Images hide caption
The U.K. will have 5 prime ministers in just 6 years. What's gone wrong?
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss attends a news conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London, Oct. 14. Truss has only been in office for six weeks but has already drawn calls for her removal. Daniel Leal/AP hide caption
The U.K.'s Liz Truss hangs on by a thread as she loses another Cabinet minister
Queen Elizabeth II welcomes Liz Truss on Tuesday during an audience at Balmoral, Scotland, where the monarch invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative Party to become prime minister and form a new government. Jane Barlow/Pool Photo via AP hide caption
This is Britain's new prime minister, Liz Truss, who goes by @trussliz on Twitter. It isn't Liz Trussell, aka @LizTruss, but Trussell will play along if you mistake her for the other one. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption