Italy’s Meloni visits Trump in Florida

AFP | West Palm Beach

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni paid an unofficial visit to Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Saturday, the latest foreign leader hosted by the US president-elect as he prepares to take office.

Photos sent by the office of the far-right prime minister early Sunday showed Meloni and Trump posing at the entrance to Mar-a-Lago and chatting in a reception room, a Christmas tree visible in the background.According to US journalists present, Trump called Meloni “a fantastic woman.” “She’s really taken Europe by storm, and everyone else, and we’re just having dinner tonight,” Trump said.

According to US media, the two dined and watched the film “The Eastman Dilemma: Lawfare or Justice,” a documentary about a lawyer who was charged for trying to overturn the 2020 election results in favor of Trump. Photos of the two conservative leaders side by side were on the front pages of all Italy’s newspapers Sunday. Meloni is one of several foreign leaders, including Canada’s Justin Trudeau and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who have paid visits to Trump before he takes office. Trump’s promises of introducing heavy import tariffs have led to a scramble among traditional economic allies, including in Europe, to plan for possible negative effects on trade.