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Italy's Meloni visits Trump in Florida (www.rfi.fr)

submitted 2 days ago by xiao@sh.itjust.works to c/globalnews@lemmy.zip

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni paid an unofficial visit to Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Saturday, the latest foreign leader hosted by the US president-elect as he prepares to take office.

Photos sent by the office of the far-right prime minister early Sunday showed Meloni and Trump posing at the entrance to Mar-a-Lago and chatting in a reception room, a Christmas tree visible in the background.

According to US journalists present, Trump called Meloni "a fantastic woman."

"She's really taken Europe by storm, and everyone else, and we're just having dinner tonight," Trump said.

According to US media, the two dined and watched the film "The Eastman Dilemma: Lawfare or Justice," a documentary about a lawyer who was charged for trying to overturn the 2020 election results in favor of Trump.

Meanwhile, one of Trump's top advisors, billionaire Elon Musk, has taken to social and traditional media to lambast the ruling governments in Germany and the United Kingdom. His comments have already ruffled feathers in Europe. The same day that Meloni was visiting Trump, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz denounced Musk's "erratic" comments and his open support for the extreme-right AfD party.

The visit by Meloni, who heads the far-right Brothers of Italy party, comes ahead of a four-day visit to Rome by US President Joe Biden, where he is expected to meet with Meloni and, separately, Pope Francis.

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Isn't this a violation of the Logan Act?

[–] __nobodynowhere@startrek.website 8 points 2 days ago

What's another violation of the law? Nothing.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

LOL doesn't matter.

[–] fishabel@discuss.online 4 points 2 days ago

Are you still obeying laws?

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Trump should rename Mar-a-Lago the Berghof, considering the number of sycophants and far right nutjobs who come visit.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Did he grab her by the pussy?

[–] fishabel@discuss.online 2 points 2 days ago

He was just inspecting the swastika embroidery on her underwear.