Italian Prime Minister Meloni visits Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Giorgia Meloni appeared connected Saturday alongside US President-elect Donald Trump aft travelling to his Mar-a-Lago property successful Florida.

Meloni is the archetypal EU person leader to conscionable with Trump pursuing his re-election, and the 2nd satellite person aft Argentina's Javier Milei. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán besides visited Florida for meetings with the president-elect.

Trump attended a screening of a documentary addressing the challenges faced by immoderate blimpish lawyers wrong the ineligible system.

“This is precise exciting", Trump told the gathered assemblage referring to Meloni, “I’m present with a fantastic woman, the premier curate of Italy. She’s truly taken Europe by storm, and everyone else, and we’re conscionable having meal tonight,” helium said.

The president-elect watched the documentary with Meloni, arsenic good arsenic his prime for Secretary of State successful the incoming administration, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, and Florida Representative Mike Waltz, whom Trump has nominated arsenic nationalist information adviser. Also contiguous was Scott Bessent, his prime to caput the Treasury Department.

Meloni’s sojourn follows the caller detention of Italian writer Cecilia Sala by Iranian constabulary portion she was reporting successful Tehran. The lawsuit has escalated tensions betwixt Italy and Iran, which is demanding the merchandise of an Iranian businessman arrested successful Milan nether a US warrant. The businessman is linked to a drone onslaught successful Jordan past twelvemonth that killed 3 American troops.

Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden is owed to question to Rome connected Thursday for meetings with Meloni and Pope Francis. The White House has stated that the gathering with the Italian premier curate volition “highlight the spot of the US-Italy relationship,” with Biden expected to convey Meloni for her enactment of the G7 implicit the past year.