Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had a shock assembly with President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday at Mar-a-Lago, turning into the newest world chief to satisfy the incoming president as he’s set to take workplace later this month.
Meloni stayed the entire night, together with a screening of a Trump-friendly documentary about John Eastman, certainly one of his closest allies who tried to assist him in his quest to overturn the 2020 election outcomes.
Meloni, who grew to become prime minister in October 2022, helped discovered the Brothers of Italy occasion, which is now the most right-wing government in Italy since World Conflict II. Trump praised her on Saturday night time, saying she has “actually taken Europe by storm.”
Trump and Meloni had been joined by Sen. Marco Rubio, who Trump has tapped to be Secretary of State, Rep. Mike Waltz, his pick for national security adviser and Scott Bessent, his pick for Treasury Secretary. Trump’s choose to be ambassador to Italy, Tilman Fertitta, was there as effectively.
There have been no particulars launched about what they mentioned. Trump stated, “We’re simply having dinner tonight.”
Meloni met with Trump and certainly one of his closest allies, Elon Musk, final month once they each had been in Paris to attend the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral. Meloni and Musk have deep ties, with Musk having headlined a conservative political pageant that was sponsored by Brothers of Italy.
Meloni can also be set to satisfy with President Biden when he visits Rome subsequent week.
