Peter Mandelson was busy on Monday morning. He was packing his house before heading to Buckingham Palace for the audience, the eve of becoming a U.S. ambassador in the United Kingdom.
However, the stress of leaving London may not be compared with those who are waiting for Manderson when landing in Washington on Wednesday. Few British diplomats, like Manderson, are working on political risks. His first day in the embassy is consistent with President Trump's 18th day in an elliptical office. Already, some of the sturdy allies in the United States are wobbling.
When he packed the box, Mandelson was monitoring Trump's latest exchange between Canada and Mexico. The European Union looked as follows of his cross hair. Trump was calm about the United Kingdom and proposed to reporters that the transaction could be “solved,” but he argued that the trade balance with the United States was “crossed.”
“I don't intend to talk to his business for trade,” said Manderson in an interview. But he claimed: The service is balanced. “
For Mandelson, Trick is to keep Britain from closing out of Trump's fire. And it is to do it when Keal's central government is trying to reset the relationship with the EU. Trump has been hostile for a long time.
Mandelson has already been blamed by Trump's roylist FACT. Trump's loyalty could not give up his nomination, but he may have made his decision to apologize for Fox News by DRE in the first term as a “white nationalist.” “Danger to the world”.
Mandelson knows the inside and outside of the trade. He served as a trade committee member of the European Union from 2004 to 2008 and led the British trade committee until 2010. Depending on the UK, which operates a British trade surplus or a $ 14.5 billion deficit with the United States, quotes British statistics or US statistics. (The difference is that both are in how they deal with offshore financial centers like jersey and Ghangi. This is a crown -dependent relationship.)
“If we can use that knowledge to promote mutual understanding, we will do it,” he said. Still, he added immediately. My job is to act behind the scenes to explain each other's policies. “
Given the history of the president's great personality, such a low profile makes sense in Trump's Washington. But it has no personality for Manderson. In a four -year political career, he repeated himself and pierced the spotlight. As a young strategist of the Labor Party, he was known for his ruthless tactics and gained the nickname of the Prince of Darkness. “
Since then, 71 -year -old Mandelson has been continuously working to a starter he approached before he approached him before he won the election in July last year. I fell favorably by the leader of the person. 。
Given the Prime Minister's attention and the reputation of Mandelson's Swager and his sharp elbows, the Starmar's decision to appoint Manderson to a post that is as sensitive as the US ambassador has surprised some people in London.
Some of those elbows were thrown by Trump. In addition to his comments in the 2019 interview with an Italian journalist, Mandelson wrote in 2018 a London paper, Ibning Standard column. He wrote that the president was “a bully and marcantalist.”
Mandelson said, “I will completely face intellectual discussions on the adverse effects of tariffs.” But he said he regretted the choice of words about Trump. He chalked to the atmosphere that caused the British inflammation, negotiating the exit from the European Union.
“I was a little furious in 2019,” he said. “But nevertheless, the words I used about the president were childish and wrong.”
Mandelson is under pressure because he has replaced Karen Piercing, a popular special envoy, known for putting a bridge on Trump's track. When his appointment was announced in December, Mr. Chris Rashivita, a Republican strategist, said, “Rebuild the universal ambassan with an absolute stupid. You should be at home!
Among his other critics, Trump's former Chief Strategist Steven K. Bannon and Lahem Cassam, a former British born in Britbart News in London, Lahem Cassam. Bannon said he opposed Mandelson's business transactions in China, but Cassam was “the most effective operator of Tony Blair.”
“It's a victory, no matter whether it is a rejection of his qualifications, whether or not he takes him to his heels,” said Cassam's campaign.
Nevertheless, Mandelson did not bring out the opposition of the people from other powerful Trump Allies, such as the Million Billion Elder Ellon Musk, or the Hawkish Republican members, such as the Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He was not the first person to slander Trump to win the forgiveness.
Mandelson emphasized his relationship with Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley visited in 1998 as a pastor to create a white paper on the British competitiveness. He said that his experience in China, which has been deepening for many years, has been a consulting company, has been in the United States and the United States.
“Our main goal is to beat advanced technology races,” he said. “We can't beat the race together and are not divided.”
Mandelson's advocate says that his heavyweight qualification and cosmopolitan attitude can appeal to Trump. They don't know each other, but they are working in a similar social circle. Mandelson is sitting in the Senate. This is like Sinecure that Trump may be grateful.
“London is considered a compliment to assign a political person of Mandelson's height and intelligence, and he wants his trade policy experience in Brussels to be regarded as assets, not a disability.” Peter West Macott, an ambassador, said.
Kim Daroch, the ambassador for Trump's first term, stated: He is relentlessly engaged in it, mercilessly, and very good. “
However, Daroch provides lessons on the dangers of diplomacy among President Trump. He was forced to resign in 2019 after London's dissertation published a confidential cable.
Mandelson tries to avoid these Trap. This tries to avoid these Trap by playing Trump as a trading manufacturer. He refused to suggest that Britain needs to choose either the United States or Europe. He said he was only trying to “organize” a defective trade agreement negotiated by Starge's conservative predecessor.
“What we want for the EU is to complement the United States,” he said.
“We did a bad deal with the EU,” he added. “The president understands what bad transactions look like.”
