Meloni’s Closeness to Musk and Trump Is a Win-Win — and a Big Risk
- Giorgia Meloni met Trump at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend
- Becoming Europe’s point-person to the US has its dangers
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Giorgia Meloni was in Mar-a-Lago for barely five hours and every moment had to count. With so many leaders vying for Donald Trump’s attention, hers was a win. But after dinner with the president elect, she was sat down to a screening of a controversial documentary on John Eastman, a Trump ally who formed a plan to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The episode illustrates the perils of conducting business in the era of Trump, where access comes at a price and is loaded with risk.