Trump, Meloni and Italy

Italy’s Meloni defends Musk and Trump in rare press conference — 5 takeaways
PM says her relationship with U.S. president-elect is “very solid” and insists his recent incendiary remarks flow from a “peace-through-strength” approach.
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni: Trump Greenland remarks ‘a message to some other big global players’
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday said she doesn’t believe President-elect Trump has a plan to purchase Greenland or acquire it through military force. “I think we can exclude that
Italy's Meloni sees Trump defending Western interests, engaging with Ukraine
ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of the European leaders closest to Donald Trump, said on Thursday she believed the U.S. president-elect would defend Western interests once he took office and would not abandon Ukraine.
Italy's right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni makes surprise visit to Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Meloni received a rapturous welcome to Trump's Palm Beach resort, according to videos circulating on social media.
Italy’s Prime Minister Visits Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, joins just a handful of other world leaders who have been to the president-elect’s Florida estate since his victory.
Meloni vows to help Ukraine as Zelensky lands in Italy for talks
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni promised to keep supporting Ukraine, as the leader of the embattled nation, Volodymyr Zelensky, reached Rome for talks on Thursday evening. Meloni welcomed Zelensky at her official residence for a private discussion that lasted just under an hour.
Trump gets a visit from Italy's Prime Minister at Mar-a-Lago: "A fantastic woman!"
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently paid President-elect Donald Trump a visit at his Mar-a-Lago estate ahead of his inauguration on January 20.
Italy's Meloni hopes to attend Trump inauguration as she downplays his Greenland and Panama comments
Premier Giorgia Meloni says she doesn’t believe President-elect Donald Trump actually intends to use military force to seize control of Greenland or the Panama Canal
Italian Prime Minister Meloni plans to attend Trump's inauguration
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni plans to attend Donald Trump's upcoming inauguration as US president, she said on Thursday. Meloni confirmed that she had received a personal invitation from the future US president and said she will travel to Washington for the occasion if her schedule allows.
Italy prime minister headed to Mar-a-Lago for meeting with Trump: Report
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday night, just weeks after the pair met in Paris for the Notre Dame reopening ceremony that saw the president-elect courting world leaders in what was a previous of his administration taking office in a little over two weeks.
Ukraine, Trump... Ants: Questions for Italy's Meloni take surprise turn
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was briefly wrongfooted by a surprise question about ants on Thursday when she faced a grilling by Italian and foreign reporters lasting more than two hours. After covering major domestic and international issues,

Musk, Meloni and Italy

NATO needs to focus on southern flank to counter Russia, Italy says
NATO needs a stronger focus on the south and Africa, Italy's prime minister told a news conference on Thursday, saying Russia ...
Trump hails Italy’s PM as a ‘fantastic woman’ as she visits him in Florida
US President-elect Donald Trump hailed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as a “fantastic woman” as she became the latest ...
Italy's talks with SpaceX not a topic in Meloni-Trump meeting, PM office says
Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni did not discuss Rome's talks with Elon Musk's SpaceX over the possible supply of its ...
Italy ready to activate migrant centres in Albania, Meloni says
Italy's government is ready to push ahead with a contested plan to hold asylum seekers in detention centres in Albania, ...
Trump praises Italy’s prime minister as a ‘fantastic woman’ during her visit to Mar-a-Lago: Live updates
Elon Musk is exporting the MAGA civil war to the United Kingdom as he claims Nigel Farage “doesn’t have what it takes” to ...
Europe pushes back against Trump over Greenland military threat
European leaders expressed their confusion and pushed back Wednesday against President-elect Donald Trump's refusal to rule ...
EU will not tolerate attacks on its borders, France says after Trump Greenland comments
The European Union will not let other nations attack its sovereign borders, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday, ...