As Donald J. Trump is just about to get sworn in as the 47th US President, the geopolitical shock waves are prompting a lot of change around the world – but not all change is good.
Take the leftist failing UK Government by Labour PM Keir Starmer, for example: as much as they are frantically trying to create meaningful ties with the Trump administration on the surface, they are also making shady moves that don’t seem so great.
Now, Donald Trump is reportedly considering REJECTING Sir Keir Starmer’s nominee for UK ambassador to the US, Lord Peter Mandelson.
That would be a rare move and a big blow to the bilateral relations.
Sources in the Trump team have deemed it uncertain that Peter Mandelson’s credentials will be accepted by Trump after he becomes president.
BREAKING: Donald Trump will REJECT Keir Starmer’s US ambassador choice due to his ties with the EU.
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The Independent reported:
“While the threat of rejecting Lord Mandelson could be saber-rattling, strains between the Labour government and the incoming administration are being blamed. However, there also are concerns about Lord Mandelson’s perceived links to China.
Labour has told the Trump transition team that ‘it is a huge compliment’ that Sir Keir wants to send such a senior Labour figure, but a source noted: ‘We are not buying that’.”
Trump is famously pro-UK, and his team reportedly is very well-impressed by the current UK ambassador Dame Karen Pierce.
The Independent report lists Mandelson’s connections with China as the most alarming point to the incoming Trump administration.
“’It is quite possible that Mandelson’s credentials could still be rejected’, a source said. ‘There are serious concerns about his links to China’.”
‘Happy birthday to you’: Mendelson celebrates his birthday with Jeffrey Epstein in Paris, 2009.
What is not said in the Independent or the Daily Mail reports is that Mandelson’s friendship with late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is bound to be a sticking point.
What kind of country is this where Prince Andrew is ostracized from the Royal Family, loses a ton of privileges because of Epstein ties, but Lord ‘Petey’ Mandelson is rewarded with a US ambassadorship having pretty much the same ties?
This comes as Elon Musk has been torching PM Starmer over the ‘grooming gangs’ scandal.
There’s also the fact that the Labour party can’t be trusted: Trump and his team hosted Starmer and foreign secretary David Lammy for dinner, only for Labour then to sent out 100 activists to try to help Kamala Harris in the election.
“Another source added: ‘Ideally, they would like Labour to pull the Mandelson appointment and keep Dame Karen Pierce in place, but they are worried that if Labour pulls Mandelson, Labour will appoint someone even worse like Kim Darroch, Sadiq Kahn, or some far worse person’.”
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