Peter Mandelson’s Sudden Change of Tune on Trump
Peter Mandelson has been confirmed as the new U.S. Ambassador—and wasted no time in using an FT interview to showcase his miraculous conversion. Peter Mandelson now insists he’s fully on board with Trump’s vision, pledging to work “with respect [and] seriousness” alongside the President’s team. Pass the sick bucket…
Suddenly, Trump is no longer a “danger to the world”, “little short of a white nationalist and racist” or a “reckless bully“as he’s said in the past, but the “antidote” to complacent “globalist” politicians who were complacent while wages stagnated and inequality grew. The Prince of Darkness is no longer dismissing Trump’s supporters as backward reactionaries, instead he’s falling over himself to reassure Team Trump that he’s not some “uber-liberal” or a “wokey-cokey sort of person.” Wonder what he really thinks of Trump’s new ban on trans women in female sports—especially considering that in 2019, he proudly signed a #GWithTheT letter condemning “cruelty” against trans people…
The notorious arch-Remainer goes on to echo Trump’s gripes about the EU. Now, he’s “very worried about Europe,” blaming Brussels for its own failures and “a gamut, of far-reaching regulation, which they are now trying to blunt, reverse or reform.” Co-conspirators will recall when he fumed that Brexit had caused “the greatest damage to the country of anything in my lifetime” and staunchly campaigned for a People’s Vote to stop the UK leaving the bloc. What a change of heart…
