{"id":2397080,"date":"2025-01-30T14:36:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T19:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/incoming-uk-ambassador-retracts-past-comments-on-racist-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T14:36:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T19:36:40","slug":"incoming-uk-ambassador-retracts-past-comments-on-racist-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/incoming-uk-ambassador-retracts-past-comments-on-racist-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Incoming UK ambassador retracts past comments on &#8216;racist&#8217; Trump- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fincoming-uk-ambassador-retracts-past-comments-on-racist-trump-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397080&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The incoming UK ambassador \u2063to the United States, Peter Mandelson, has retracted previous critical \u200bremarks\u2064 he made about President \u200dDonald Trump, calling him a &#8220;danger to the \u2064world&#8221; and a &#8220;white nationalist.&#8221; Mandelson acknowledged that his earlier comments were &#8220;ill-judged and wrong,&#8221; attributing his harsh stance to the political climate in\u200c the UK \u2064at the time, which he described as fraught with\u200b &#8220;high emotion.&#8221;\u200c He expressed a desire to amend relations with the Trump management, stating \u200cthat attitudes toward\u200d the president have shifted. Mandelson, \u2063an \u2064experienced Labor Party politician rather\u2063 than a traditional diplomat, emphasized\u2063 that both he and Trump\u2064 are motivated by a desire for change \u200cand share a similar outlook.His appointment marks a notable shift in \u2064strategy regarding \u2062the \u200bUK-US\u200d &#8220;Special\u2063 Relationship.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Incoming UK ambassador to US <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">retracts past comments<\/a> on &lsquo;racist&rsquo; Trump being &lsquo;danger to the world&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1927888\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The incoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ambassadors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">United Kingdom <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ambassadors\/\" title=\"\">ambassador<\/a> to the United States is taking back past comments denigrating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Donald Trump<\/a> as a threat to global safety.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Peter Mandelson, a Labour Party politician and member of the UK&rsquo;s House of Lords, will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-oligarchs-are-taking-control-of-our-country-rudy-giuliani-on-the-capital-frame-up-last-week-and-big-tech-censorship\/\" title=\"\u201cThe Oligarchs[Are]Taking Control of Our Country.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Rudy Giuliani on the Capital \u2018Frame Up\u2019 Last Week and Big Tech Censorship\">taking control<\/a> of British diplomacy with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Washington, D.C.<\/a> &mdash; and he&rsquo;s trying to wipe the slate clean with the administration before his work begins.<\/p>\n<p>During Trump&rsquo;s first administration, the British peer laid thick criticism on the president. He called Trump &ldquo;little short of a white nationalist and racist,&rdquo; as well as a &ldquo;bully&rdquo; and a &ldquo;danger to the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I consider my remarks about President Trump as ill-judged and wrong,&rdquo; Mandelson told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/incoming-uk-ambassador-walks-back-comments-danger-trump-ill-judged-wrong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Fox News Digital\">Fox News Digital<\/a> this week. &ldquo;I think times and attitudes towards the president have changed since then.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former cabinet minister Lord Mandelson arrives at the BBC Broadcasting House to attend the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show in London, United Kingdom on June 23, 2024. (Photo credit should read Wiktor Szymanowicz\/Future Publishing via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mandelson blamed his attitude on the political climate of Britain at the time, saying the country was dealing with &ldquo;very fraught politics&rdquo; and &ldquo;high emotion.&rdquo; He also alluded to the idea that he was led into making the remarks by a journalist with an agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think people have been impressed [by Trump] &mdash; 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,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mandelson is a surprise pick to handle the &ldquo;Special Relationship&rdquo; between the U.K. and U.S., the first appointee in years not to already have an established career in diplomacy. He claims this aspect will be a point of convergence with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debate-revealed-no-elected-president-really-runs-government\/\" title=\"Debate Revealed No Elected President Really Runs Government\">president isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t a career diplomat, and I&rsquo;m not a career diplomat. I came into politics to change things for the better for people, and so did he,&rdquo; Mandelson said of his relationship with Trump. &ldquo;We share a similar, if not identical, outlook on the world and motivation in politics. But I think above all, we believe in something which is really special between our countries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mandelson earned himself the nickname &ldquo;Prince of Darkness&rdquo; among his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">British colleagues<\/a> for his skill in clandestine politicking within the Labour Party.<\/p>\n<p>He was instrumental in the rise of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who ordered Mandelson not to be referred to by name in his work for the campaign. He adopted the codename &ldquo;Bobby&rdquo; &mdash; a name by which he was thanked during Blair&rsquo;s victory speech.<\/p>\n<p>Mandelson has held office as the U.K.&rsquo;s President of the Board of Trade and the First Secretary of State. He also previously served as the Commissioner for Trade for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/european-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">European Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1927888\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1927888\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK ambassador to US retracts past &#8216;racist&#8217; Trump comments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2397081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2158281805.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37066,5243,35208,3634,49507],"class_list":["post-2397080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomatic-relations","tag-racism","tag-retraction","tag-trump","tag-uk-ambassador"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2158281805.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397084,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397080\/revisions\/2397084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}