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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Peter Mandelson lauds Trump as ‘risk-taker’ in call for US-UK tech alliance

Peter Mandelson, standing, shakes hands with Donald Trump, sitting at his desk, in the Oval Office
Lord Mandelson shakes hands with the US president in the Oval Office during Trump’s announcement of a US-UK trade deal in May. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters

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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