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Disgraced former ambassador Peter Mandelson has slapped down hysterical reactions by European leaders towards Donald Trump’s desires to secure Greenland for the United States. In a very rare intervention since being sacked as US ambassador, the Labour grandee has accused Europe of “growing geopolitical impotence” as the continent becomes increasingly sidelined and irrelevant.

In a new column, the former cabinet minister and Washington ambassador praised President Trump’s capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro as “decisive”, and argued that his overtures towards Greenland are the very fault of European defence cuts. Despite being a lifelong and avowed Europhile, writing in the Spectator this morning, Lord Mandelson says: “Europe’s growing geopolitical impotence in the world is becoming the issue now, and histrionics about Greenland is confirming this brutal reality. I had a ringside seat as the Trump administration made sense of this world and how it is changing America’s outlook and global role. I am afraid I don’t think, even now, that European leaders have adjusted to the revolution under way.”

“Europe is transfixed by the Truth Socials coming out of the White House but without following the arguments underpinning them.

“They would do better to ask themselves why the US is making an adjustment and how they, as America’s allies, can mitigate its consequences and offset the transfer of American resources elsewhere.”

He suggests that Donald Trump will not use military force to grab Greenland, but will instead wait for Denmark to realise that threats from China and Russia require US involvement in the key strategic territory.

Lord Mandelson also back the President on NATO defence spending, slamming EU chiefs for “piggybacking” on American military dominance.

He called on Europe to start assuming its “full military and financial responsibilities beyond fine words”.

“Presently, Europe’s consideration of the hard military power and reliable diplomatic muscle it needs to bring to the table is being masked by outpourings about a sheriff president who does not follow conventional practice or a traditional diplomatic rule book.”

He concluded that the new world order, and crumpling rules-based system that has existed since the end of the Second World War, will “mean accepting that Trump’s decisive approach when faced with real-world situations is preferable to the hand-wringing and analysis paralysis that has characterised some previous US administrations or, indeed, the deadlock and prevarication that so often characterise the UN and the EU respectively.”

Lord Mandelson was sacked as US ambassador following further revelations about his relationship with Geoffrey Epstein.

However despite being perceived as an unusual pick to be Keir Starmer’s right-hand man in Washington, Lord Mandelson quickly ingratiated himself with the White House, helping to secure the post-tariff trade deal with Trump.