Lord Peter Mandelson, the British Ambassador to the U.S. who goes by the nickname of “Randy Mandy” for reasons we leave to the reader’s imagination, urged Ukraine’s acting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be more flexible during peace negotiations, according to an interview Mandy gave to Newsmax and coverage of the same in RT. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also advised Zelenskyy, according to NBC, on how to interact with Trump, urging him to thank Trump for military aid and diplomatic support, and to wear a suit jacket instead of his usual military-style attire.
Mandelson said Zelenskyy may need political leeway to overcome hardliners in Ukraine. “He may go back to Kiev and find he doesn’t have the political support for the flexibility that he’s got to show in order to help bring this to an end.” His British handlers also urged Zelenskyy to be more of an ass-kisser with Trump (like they are), and even go so far as to wear a suit for his visit to the White House—rather than his usual, high-end green “army fatigues.” From the photographic evidence available, it appears that Zelenskyy went so far as to wear a black shirt and black coat of some sort—the tie was not discernible.
Mandelson, however, laid it on thick about Trump. “He’s clearly a politician who believes in high risk, high reward, and if this comes off, if we pull off the end to this terrible war, then much of the credit will go to President Trump.… What I saw play out yesterday was a President of the United States with very strong nerves. To convene two meetings in such rapid succession—one in Alaska and then yesterday in the White House—shows that the President has an appetite for risk, which is enviable.”
