Trump agrees with Keir Starmer: Mandelson was ‘really bad pick’ for ambassador job

Published April 21, 2026 4:08am ET | Updated April 21, 2026 9:13am ET



President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have not seen eye to eye on much lately. However, the president seemed to have found some common ground with Starmer on at least one matter: the prime minister’s appointment of Peter Mandelson as British ambassador to the United States was a bad selection. Trump commented about Starmer choosing Mendelson in a social media post late Monday night.

“Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom acknowledged that he ‘exercised wrong judgement’ when he chose his Ambassador to Washington,” Trump posted on his Truth Social account. “I agree, he was a really bad pick.”

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