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Italy’s Salvini to Trump: I Can Be Your Closest Ally in Europe

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  • Populist leader seeking to consolidate power over coalition
  • Salvini is gearing up for EU parliamentary elections in May
Matteo Salvini
Matteo Salvini Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg

Just when friendly faces are scarce for Donald Trump across the Atlantic, a populist leader is knocking at the U.S. president’s door with an offer to become his closest European ally.

Face time with Trump is the latest ambition of Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who dominates the government in Rome and views Europe as ripe for someone to fill the vacuum left by Brexit and prickly relations with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron.