PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump He made an appearance on Saturday with the Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloniwho was visiting his Mar-a-Lago club.
Meloni follows the president of Argentina Javier Mileywho he became The first world leader to meet with Trump Mar-a-Lago after winning on Election Day in November. Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau and the prime minister Viktor Orbán Hungry also traveled to Florida to meet with the president-elect.
Trump appeared at a screening of a documentary about the challenges some conservative lawyers face in the legal system. He entered the great hall around 7:00 p.m., and returned two hours later after dinner.
Trump told the Meloni crowd, “This is very exciting.”
“I’m here with a fantastic woman, the prime minister of Italy. She’s really taken Europe by storm, and everyone else, and we’re having dinner tonight,” Trump said.
The president-elect watched a screening of the documentary with Meloni and the next administration’s secretary of state, Florida Sen. Marco Rubioas well as Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, Trump’s pick for national security adviser and he chose to head the Finance Department, Scott Bessant.
Meloni’s visit comes after Italian journalist Cecilia Sala He was arrested While the Iranian police reported in Tehran late last month.
The court case has it increased tensions The standoff between Italy and Iran, which last year over a drone strike that killed three soldiers in Jordan, is calling on Italian authorities to release an Iranian businessman who was recently arrested in Milan.
Meanwhile, the president Joe Biden is set Travel to Rome to meet with Meloni, as well as Pope Francisfrom Thursday The White House says the Meloni meeting will “highlight the strength of the US-Italy relationship” and thanked Prime Minister Biden “for his strong leadership of the G7 over the past year.”
