Peter Mandelson, a former UK cabinet minister known for his past criticism of Donald Trump, has been appointed to oversee British diplomacy with the United States. Mandelson, a Labour Party politician and member of the House of Lords, will handle the 'Special Relationship' between the two countries.
Peter Mandelson , a Labour Party politician and member of the UK’s House of Lords, will be taking control of British diplomacy withDuring Trump’s first administration, the British peer laid thick criticism on the president. He called Trump “little short of a white nationalist and racist,” as well as a “bully” and a “danger to the world.
“I think people have been impressed — not just by the extraordinary second mandate that he has received from the American people, but the dynamism and energy with which he approached not just the campaign but government as well,” he said.
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