Italy's Populist Leader Stakes Claim to Be Trump's Man in Europe
- Conte endorses Trump’s lines on migration, trade, Russia, NATO
- U.S. president hosts Conte for meeting at White House
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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte took his cues from Donald Trump at their first White House meeting, backing the president’s views on trade, migration, security and defense spending and setting himself up as an advocate for U.S. policy in the heart of the European Union.
“We are two governments of change -- many things unite us,” Conte said at a joint press conference Monday. “Italy and the U.S. are twin countries.”