London’s Inews reported on Jan. 5, based upon unnamed sources, that the U.K. Foreign Office is heading an effort whereby senior U.K. officials compile a dossier on former U.S. President Donald Trump. The U.K. government will need contingency plans to guard against “security threats” posed by Trump’s re-election, three senior former diplomats have told Inews. One source said that Britain’s Ambassador to Washington Karen Pierce is leading the effort, and stated that, “Karen will be sharing a lot of information about what she is collecting.”
The report also suggested that the U.K. had drawn conclusions from Trump’s win in 2016 and would not underestimate him again. A source said: “I suspect they will be saying, ‘We screwed it up last time.…’ I think there will be fierce activity, contact-building, and trying to be in the room.”
