President-elect Trump is taking part in host to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Mar-a-Lago this weekend, suggesting he plans to develop a hotter relationship with one among 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 he or she has served as chief of the Brothers of Italy celebration since 2014. Each she and her celebration surged in recognition 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 prime 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 Photos)
Just like the U.S., Italy faces a serious unlawful immigration downside with migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to their shores. Meloni’s “return hubs” coverage ensures that migrants aren’t launched into Italy throughout their asylum course of, a program she says has grow to be a “mannequin” for Europe.
“It’s a new, brave, unprecedented path, however one that completely displays the European spirit,” she mentioned of this system in October.
Meloni has additionally confirmed to go in opposition to the grain on social points, shifting final 12 months to restrict parental rights for same-sex {couples}. The coverage ensures that solely the organic guardian 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 celebration organized a four-day political pageant within the Italian capital. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Photos)
Meloni’s coalition authorities has additionally confirmed uncommonly steady in comparison with Italy’s current historical past. She has averted in-fighting inside her celebration and opposition leaders have did not 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 Photos)
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 about to journey later this week to Rome to satisfy with Meloni after which Pope Francis. The White Home mentioned Biden’s assembly with Meloni will “spotlight the energy of the U.S.-Italy relationship” and can embody the president thanking the prime minister “for her robust management of the G7 over the previous 12 months.”
