The Incoming Ambassador to the UK returns to the previous comments on the ‘danger’ of Trump: ‘Badly judged and wrong’

Exclusively – The newly appointed UK Ambassador to the United States, Lord Peter MandelsonHe is about to take over the top job of preserving a “special relationship” that London and Washington advocated for a long time, but first wants to set a record directly.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Mandelson, when asked about the previous comments he gave in to the recent re -elected President, including in 2019, when he said Donald Trump was “the danger to the world,” he said that his opinion of the President had changed.

“I consider my remarks about President Trump poorly judged and wrong,” he said. “I think times and attitudes toward the president have changed.”

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“I think he won fresh respect,” he added in relation to Trump’s second election as president. “He certainly has from me, and that will be the basis of all the work I do as his Majesty’s ambassador to the United States.”

Comments of incoming ambassador come in the midst of a report that a “special relationship” in the UK could be tested and the White House can block Mandelson’s appointment.

Mandelson rejected these claims and said, “I have not heard anything from the president or white house or anyone doing for him, which suggests that there will be difficulty in my meeting.”

But the speculation of the US reliability in this transatlantic relationship remains high after the comment of the clerk from Trump’s campaign, as well as a close ally and Tech titano Elon Musk.

Musk, who has been spitting on the spit of social media in British premiere Keir Starmer earlier this month, is not in Trump’s cabinet, but is charged with the monitoring of the new Government Efficiency Department.

Despite the negative social media of those who have Trump’s ear, the president and Starmer participated in the weekend seemingly a friendly telephone call-Suger that Trump can strive to prioritize the US-UK partnership.

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“They are not Siamese twins, President Trump and Prime Minister Starmer, but both are pragmatic people. They know where everyone comes from, they want to find a common basis,” Mandelson said. “I feel very optimistic. I feel very optimistic about the relationship they will both have.”

Mandelson is the first diplomat without Korella to take over the job as a major big -bond in the UK in more than half a century. This might be useful for Mandelson when he is against Trump, who is Long wandering from engaging in traditional diplomacy.

“The president is not a career diplomat and I’m not a career diplomat,” Mandelson said. “I went into politics to change things for the better for the people, and so did he.

“We share similarly, if not identical, the prospect of the world and motivation in politics. But I mean first of all, we believe in something that is Really special between our countries“He added, pointing to a permanent relationship between the United States -A UK

Mandelson said his main priorities would be to work with the US at the store, Technological development and defensive partnerships – especially in front of opponental forces like China.

“I think the United States and Britain, working together, can outsmart and stay in front of the curve as far as China is concerned,” said the incoming ambassador. “[Trump] He wants dialogue with China, wants to deal with the cinema. But it will also not be naive to China.

“We face a challenge from China and we have to make sure we can distract that challenge or that threat when they have aggressive intentions to us,” he added.

Mandelson advocated a trilateral federation that shared the US, UK and Australia, founded with the intention of opposing Chinese aggression in Indo-Pacific.

“Security in the Euro -Atlantic area depends on the ensure that China is being held in the Gulf in its region,” he said. “China is entitled to progress, to generate more living standards for their own people, but not to the detriment of others.”

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Mandelson claimed that despite international fear of certain security insecurity under Trump’s administration, the UK does not divide these problems.

“There are so many threats and challenges that the world is currently facing. It takes courage, sometimes someone who is willing to be arguing and, indeed, distracting, not only do it operate as usual,” he is detailed.

“Honestly, I think President Trump could become one of the most prominent US presidents I knew in my adult life,” Mandelson said.