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  • 5/10/2025
Moment Lord Mandelson, UK Ambassador to the US, reveals Donald Trump's surprising first words to him

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00:00When I first walked into the Oval Room, he said,
00:02God, you're a good-looking fellow, aren't you?
00:05I mean, so, you know, I'll tell you something about the President.
00:08He's a people person.
00:11You know, he takes people as they are at face value.
00:15He doesn't really have deep prejudices or preconceptions,
00:19however much some people try to fill his head with preconceptions about me.

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