Trump, Italian PM Meloni Dine and Talk Trade at Mar-a-Lago

Meloni’s visit comes days before she meets Biden in Rome
Trump says Italian leader has ‘taken Europe by storm’

Giorgia Meloni
Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg

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By Donato Paolo Mancini and Stephanie Lai

January 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM UTC

Updated on

January 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM UTC

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni flew to Florida on Saturday and met with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach.

Meloni’s surprise visit came days before she’s scheduled to receive President Joe Biden, who’ll travel to Rome and the Vatican from Jan. 9 in what will likely be his final presidential mission overseas.