The Costs of Courting Trump Are Piling Up for Giorgia Meloni
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on video call during the CPAC in Maryland on Feb. 22.
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Giorgia Meloni had hoped a line in to Donald Trump would consolidate her position at the center of European politics.
The Italian prime minister was the only European leader to attend Trump’s January inauguration. She also met with the president in Mar-a-Lago, had close ties to Elon Musk and said she was expecting a visit to the White House.