Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with President-elect Donald Trump at his residence in Florida. They were supposed to talk about, among other things, the war in Ukraine. Their meeting took place just before outgoing President Joe Biden's visit to Rome. – She really took Europe by storm – said Trump.
Donald Trump he received Giorgia Meloni on the night from Saturday to Sunday, Polish time, at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, where they watched the premiere of a documentary about the alleged persecution of Trump's associates by the justice system, and also had dinner together.
– I'm here with a fantastic woman, Prime Minister Italian. “She really took Europe by storm,” Trump said, introducing Meloni. The meeting was also attended by candidate for US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and future national security adviser Mike Waltz.
A photo and video showing, among others, Trump and Meloni – published by White House correspondents – Jennifer Jacobs (CBS) and Iris Tao (NTD News).
A potential ally of Trump in Europe
As the New York Times recalled, Meloni, praised by the president-elect, is considered his potential main ally in Europe and a mediator in tense relations with other European leaders. These difficulties are expected in the context of disputes between the US and its European partners over trade issues or relations within the framework NATO – added “NYT”.
According to the journal, these issues, as well as further support for Ukrainewere to be on the agenda of Trump's talks with Meloni. The head of the Italian government was also supposed to raise the topic journalist Cecilia Sala imprisoned in Iran, who was arrested a few days after her detention in Italy, at the request of the US, a supplier of components for Iranian drones.
Meloni is one of the first leaders Trump welcomed to Florida as president-elect. Previously, in similar circumstances, he met, among others, with the Prime Minister Canada Justin TrudeauPrime Minister Hungarian Viktor Orban and the president Argentina Javier Milei.
Biden in Rome
The meeting between the Italian prime minister and the president-elect took place just before the visit of the soon-to-resign president Joe Biden in Rome.
On January 9, right after the funeral of former US President Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden will set off on a trip to Italy, where he will pay a farewell visit at the end of his term. On January 10 he will meet with Pope Francis at an audience in the Vatican.
Biden will also be the guest of Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Meloni.
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