Mandelson accuses European leaders of ‘histrionic’ reaction to Trump’s Greenland stance

Article by former British ambassador to US is likely to be seen as criticism of Keir Starmer

Peter Mandelson has accused European leaders including Keir Starmer of a histrionic" reaction to Donald Trump's plan to take over Greenland, arguing that without hard power and hard cash" they will continue to slide into unimportance in the age of Trump".

In his first political comments since being sacked as Britain's ambassador to Washington last year, Lord Mandelson said Trump had achieved more in a day than orthodox diplomacy was able to achieve in the past decade" when he captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro.