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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni paid an unofficial go to to Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Saturday, the newest overseas chief hosted by the US president-elect as he prepares to take workplace.
Photographs despatched by the workplace of the far-right prime minister early Sunday confirmed Meloni and Trump posing on the entrance to Mar-a-Lago and chatting in a reception room, a Christmas tree seen within the background.
In response to US journalists current, Trump known as Meloni “a implausible girl.”
“She’s actually taken Europe by storm, and everybody else, and we’re simply having dinner tonight,” Trump stated.
In response to US media, the 2 dined and watched the movie “The Eastman Dilemma: Lawfare or Justice,” a documentary a couple of lawyer who was charged for attempting to overturn the 2020 election leads to favor of Trump.
Photographs of the 2 conservative leaders facet by facet have been on the entrance pages of all Italy’s newspapers Sunday.
Meloni is considered one of a number of overseas leaders, together with Canada’s Justin Trudeau and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who’ve paid visits to Trump earlier than he takes workplace.
Trump’s guarantees of introducing heavy import tariffs have led to a scramble amongst conventional financial allies, together with in Europe, to plan for potential damaging results on commerce.
In the meantime, considered one of Trump’s prime advisors, billionaire Elon Musk, has taken to social and conventional media to lambast the ruling governments in Germany and the UK.
His feedback have already ruffled feathers in Europe. The identical day that Meloni was visiting Trump, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz denounced Musk’s “erratic” feedback and his open help for the extreme-right AfD get together.
The go to by Meloni, who heads the far-right Brothers of Italy get together, comes forward of a four-day go to to Rome by US President Joe Biden, the place he’s anticipated to satisfy with Meloni and, individually, Pope Francis.
Additionally in attendance have been Trump’s incoming nationwide safety advisor Mike Waltz and Senator Marco Rubio, tapped for secretary of state, in response to US information studies from the occasion.
Each Trump’s and Meloni’s workplaces didn’t reply to requests for remark in regards to the go to.
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