President-elect Trump is enjoying host to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Mar-a-Lago this weekend, suggesting he plans to develop a hotter relationship with certainly one of his closest ideological allies in Europe.
Trump praised Meloni, 47, for having “taken Europe by storm” throughout a dinner Saturday evening. Meloni was elected in 2022 after working on a conservative pro-family and anti-immigration agenda, panned as “far-right” by many within the media.
Meloni is the primary feminine Italian prime minister, and she or he has served as chief of the Brothers of Italy get together since 2014. Each she and her get together surged in reputation because of backlash in opposition to how the Italian authorities dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meloni’s coalition authorities is probably going the closest ideological ally Trump has throughout the European Union. Meloni has additionally developed a detailed relationship with high Trump ally Elon Musk, who has frequented Mar-a-Lago since Election Day.
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addresses the media alongside Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (not pictured) after their assembly at Villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 10, 2024. (Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto through Getty Pictures)
Just like the U.S., Italy faces a significant unlawful immigration drawback with migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to their shores. Meloni’s “return hubs” coverage ensures that migrants will not be launched into Italy throughout their asylum course of, a program she says has turn out to be a “model” for Europe.
“It is a new, courageous, unprecedented path, but one that perfectly reflects the European spirit,” she stated of this system in October.
Meloni has additionally confirmed to go in opposition to the grain on social points, transferring final yr to restrict parental rights for same-sex {couples}. The coverage ensures that solely the organic mum or dad of a kid inside a same-sex marriage enjoys full parental rights.
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Elon Musk, chief govt officer of Tesla Inc and X CEO speaks on the Atreju political conference organized by Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), on Dec. 15, 2023, in Rome, Italy. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing political get together organized a four-day political pageant within the Italian capital. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Pictures)
Meloni’s coalition authorities has additionally confirmed uncommonly secure in comparison with Italy’s latest historical past. She has averted in-fighting inside her get together and opposition leaders have didn’t coalesce round any candidate to successfully problem her.
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All this locations Meloni in a pure place to function a go-between for the Trump administration and the European Union over the following 4 years.
Giorgia Meloni appeared unannounced at Trump’s residence in Mar-a-Lago this weekend. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures)
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, was additionally in attendance when Meloni visited Trump’s Florida residence this weekend.
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President Biden is ready to journey later this week to Rome to satisfy with Meloni after which Pope Francis. The White Home stated Biden’s assembly with Meloni will “highlight the strength of the U.S.-Italy relationship” and can embody the president thanking the prime minister “for her strong leadership of the G7 over the past year.”
