Peter Mandelson lauds Trump as ‘risk-taker’ in call for US-UK tech alliance
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6ZVJT)
British ambassador to Washington says US president has sounded wake-up call to the international old guard'
Donald Trump is a risk-taker sounding a necessary wake-up call to a stale status quo, Peter Mandelson has told the Ditchley Foundation in a speech before Trump's second state visit to the UK this month.
The UK's ambassador to Washington portrayed Trump as a harbinger of a new force in politics at a time when business as usual no longer works for fed-up voters.
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