Incoming UK ambassador walks back comments on ‘danger’ of Trump: ‘Ill-judged and wrong’

Incoming UK ambassador walks back comments on ‘danger’ of Trump: ‘Ill-judged and wrong’

Lord Peter Mandelson says Trump could be one of the 'most consequential American presidents' of his lifetime

Incoming UK ambassador walks back prior comments on Trump

Incoming UK ambassador to the US, Lord Peter Mandelson, has walked back prior comments he made suggesting that President Trump was a "danger to the world" in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital and said he was "ill judged and wrong."

Peter Mandelson, former Labour MP and European commissioner, speaks to the media following the result of the EU referendum, in London, June 24, 2016. (Reuters/Stefan Wermuth)

Elon Musk speaks with former President Donald Trump during a campaign event, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses members at the Labour Party in Liverpool, England, on Tuesday. (AP)