Foreign secretary David Lammy.David Lammy has dismissed the row over his past criticisms of Donald Trump as “old news”.The foreign secretary has come under fire about his previous comments since Trump was re-elected US president this week.During Trump’s first term in the White House, Lammy - who was a backbench Labour MP at the time - called him a “neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath”.And when he left office in 2021, he said: “Good riddance Donald. The world is relieved to see the back of you.”On the BBC’s Newscast podcast, the broadcaster’ political editor Chris Mason said: “April 2019 you said ‘deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic, Donald Trump is no friend of Britain’.“Have you changed your mind or is that still your view?”Lammy said his past comments were “not even vaguely” mentioned when he and Keir Starmer had dinner with Trump in New York in September.He said: “I’ve got to say I found him to be a very gracious host.” Lammy on Trump in 2019: deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic.Lammy on Trump now: gracious, generous, keen to make us relaxed and comfortable, funnyWh