Italian prime minister Merloni flew to Florida Sunday for a meeting with president-elect Donald Trump at mar-a-lago. Italian media said Merloni and Donald Trump discussed the Russian-ukrainian conflict, the situation in the Middle East and other issues.
On the 4th, local time, Donald Trump met with Merloni at mar-a-lago. Visual China
Guests at mar-a-lago welcomed Merloni with a round of applause introduced by Donald Trump, according to videos shared by media reporters and others on social media. “It’s very exciting to have meloni here,” Donald Trump said. “I’m standing next to an amazing woman, the Italian Prime Minister, who’s really blowing up Europe and we’re having dinner tonight.”.
Donald Trump and Merloni Bloomberg L.P. a range of issues, including Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on several trading partners, including the EU, people familiar with the matter told the US on Friday. Merloni is seen as a “Potentially strong partner” for Donald Trump because of her conservative background and the stability of her Italian right-wing coalition, Reuters said Friday. Merloni also has a close relationship with the billionaire musk, a close ally of Donald Trump. Merloni’s supporters hope her relationship with Elon Musk will boost her international standing once Donald Trump takes office, the New York Times said Friday.
“In the right-leaning EU, Merloni is expected to be a bridge between Donald Trump and the EU,” said the website of Parliamentary Magazine, a monthly political journal of the European Union, when Donald Trump returns to the White House, the Transatlantic relations of leadership is likely to fall to Italy, the EU’s third-largest economy. Merloni has extensive political ties to Donald Trump and good relations with other European leaders, so she is likely to become a “Trump confidant” within the EU during Donald Trump’s second term.