Trump aides tried to block appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to US, reports say – US politics live

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Senior figures said to have been skeptical over Keir Starmer’s appointment of ‘arrogant’ veteran politician, later sacked over connections to Jeffrey Epstein Sign up for the Breaking US News US email Senior figures said to have been skeptical over Keir Starmer’s appointment of ‘arrogant’ veteran politician, later sacked over connections to Jeffrey Epstein Sign up for the Breaking US News US email double quotation mark Trump’s aides were particularly exercised that Mandelson could be made