Lord Mandelson branded a ‘moron’ by Trump’s campaign manager after it emerged he called Donald a ‘white supremacist’
LORD Mandelson was branded a “moron” last night after it emerged he called Donald Trump a “white supremacist”.
The incoming President’s campaign chief hit out as it was confirmed the Labour grandee will be Britain’s new ambassador to the US.
Outraged Chris LaCivita described the Labour government as “special” — saying it had “replaced a professional universally respected Ambo with an absolute moron — he should stay home! SAD!”
It came as blistering comments by Blairite peer Lord Mandelson in 2019 emerged.
Mandy told a podcast during Mr Trump’s first term in the White House: “I wake up today and discover that not only am I seeing my country, which I love, being forced out of its own European neighbourhood, but is crossing the Atlantic to make common cause with an American president who is little short of a white nationalist and racist.”
He claims he does not hold such views and was merely reflecting British public sentiment at the time.
But it was the latest in a string of past blunders by Labour figures that could wreck No10’s efforts to rebuild bridges with the Republican firebrand.
It is also understood Trump’s camp urged Downing Street to keep current ambassador Dame Karen Pierce in post after she arranged a meeting between him and PM Sir Keir Starmer last month.
And a former Brexit minister raised fears over Lord Mandelson’s links to the EU, which include a hefty pension from his time as a Commissioner.
With the US President-elect ready to slap tariffs on Brussels, David Jones told The Sun: “This looks like a considerable problem for Mandelson.”
Lord Mandelson last night said it was a “great honour to serve the country” as Sir Keir confirmed his appointment.
He added it would be a privilege to “advance our historic alliance with the United States”.