The incoming United Kingdom ambassador to the United States is taking back past comments denigrating President Donald Trump as a threat to global safety.

Peter Mandelson, a Labour Party politician and member of the UK’s House of Lords, will be taking control of British diplomacy with Washington, D.C. — and he’s trying to wipe the slate clean with the administration before his work begins.

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