We Speak to Lord Mandelson (New UK Ambassador to US)

On his first day in the role, Lord Mandelson talks to Americast about how the UK will handle Donald Trump. In his conversation with Sarah, Britain’s new U.S. Ambassador explains why the UK needs to respect Trump’s “strong and clear mandate for change”. Given President Trump’s fast moving and radical agenda, what kind of approach should the UK be taking, and will the ‘special relationship’ continue? HOSTS: ​​• Sarah Smith, North America Editor ​ GUEST: Lord Peter Mandelson, British Ambassador to the United States ​​ ​​GET IN TOUCH: ​​• Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB ​​• Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 ​​• Email Americast@bbc.co.uk ​​• Or use #Americast ​​ ​​This episode was made by Sam Bonham. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. ​​ ​​If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on BBC Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app. ​​ ​​You can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers. ​​ ​​US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155 ​​ ​​Americast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Global Story, The Today Podcast, and of course Newscast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below. ​​ ​​The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd ​​The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r ​​Newscast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p05299nl ​​Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm