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Lord Mandelson slammed as a ‘moron’ by Trump strategist

21 December 2024

5:26 AM

21 December 2024

5:26 AM

Uh oh. Less than 24 hours after Peter Mandelson was appointed the next UK ambassador to Washington, Donald Trump’s team are kicking up a fuss. Now Chris LaCivita has taken to Twitter to blast the new ambassador and Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government for the decision.

Writing on the social media platform, LaCivita – who is a political strategist for the Republican Party – fumed that Lord Mandelson should ‘stay home’, adding: ‘Replace a professional universally respected [ambassador] with an absolute moron.’

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