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Trump Campaign Adviser Calls New U.K. Ambassador to the U.S. a ‘Moron’

Chris LaCivita brought up past comments about Trump by Lord Peter Mandelson.

Chris LaCivita, who helped lead Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, called Lord Peter Mandelson “an absolute moron” after learning that the incoming U.K. ambassador to the U.S. once said Trump was “little short of a white nationalist.”

In a post on X, LaCivita condemned Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s choice to replace Dame Karen Pierce, which was reported first on Thursday by British paper The Times.

“This UK govt is special,” LaCivita wrote. “Replace a professional universally respected Ambo with an absolute moron—he should stay home ! SAD! Mandelson described Trump as a danger to the world and ‘little short of a white nationalist.’”

Mandelson’s comment about Trump was made to an Italian journalist in 2019, according to The Telegraph. The year prior, Mandelson called Trump a “bully” during an interview with the Evening Standard.

In a statement accepting his appointment, Mandelson said, “We face challenges in Britain, but also big opportunities and it will be a privilege to work with the government to land those opportunities.”

A member of the Labour Party who has held a variety of roles in government since the 1980s, Mandelson garnered headlines last year for being mentioned in a Jeffrey Epstein-linked lawsuit.

That July, the U.S. Virgin Islands filed a suit alleging that the now-dead sex offender would refer ultra-wealthy clients to JPMorgan, including the U.K.’s Prince Andrew, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and former White House adviser David Gergen. Among those listed in the suit was Mandelson.

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