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Mandelson backtracks on ‘ill-judged' Trump criticism
The Independent
|January 30, 2025
The UK’s new ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, has claimed that Donald Trump has won fresh respect” as he sought to disown his previous criticism of the US president.
He described the Republican as a “danger to the world” in 2019. But hours after it emerged that President Trump had approved his appointment, he told Fox News: “I consider my remarks about President Trump as ill-judged and wrong. I think that times and attitudes toward the president have changed.”
Referring to his second election as president, Lord Mandelson said: “I think that he has won fresh respect. He certainly has from me, and that is going to be the basis of all the work I do as His Majesty’s ambassador in the United States.” He added that with the many threats and challenges the world faces, it takes “courage, somebody, sometimes, who’s prepared to be argumentative and, indeed, disruptive, not just take business as usual”.
“Frankly, I think President Trump could become one of the most consequential American presidents I have known in my adult life,” he added.
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