« Magician » Melon prepares to meet Trump, hopes for a miracle to avoid fees
Three months after her trip to the United States to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony, Giorgia Meloni is still ready to fly to Washington.
The most popular dates are April 15 or 16, precisely in a timely manner to predict the visit of Vice President JD Vance to Rome. However, compared to the last expedition to the United States, the climate between the two sides of the Atlantic is very different.
If in January Meloni, the only head of European governments, flew to the White House with the optimism of new beginnings, ready to inaugurate a cooperation season between Italy and the United States, this time the mission will be to curb the damage imposed by Trump for all imports from Europe.
A possible objective may be the US president’s conviction to lower the EU tariffs from 20 to 10 percent, such as the United Kingdom, putting the concessions on the Washington table.
So Melon does not seem to want to give up dialogue with Trump, as it came to the tone of the message issued the day after the announcement of the tasks: « We have another problem we have to solve, but it is not the disaster that some are describing. »
Meeting the President of the United States for Easter is also an image issue for the prime minister. In fact, from April 18 to April 20, Vice President Vance will visit Italy and hold a bilateral meeting with Melon.
However, a handshake of US administration number 2 would be very little to strengthen the prime minister’s leadership, which the Financial Times also described as « crucial » in the European response to Trump’s tariffs.
However, it is much better to meet with the General Commander -in -Chief Face to Face to discuss all the hottest topics on the transatlantic agenda. There are no precedents: Even before Trump’s inauguration, Melon had made a surprise visit to his Mar-a-Lago residence to unlock the situation in the Cecilia Sala case, then detained in Tehran in compensation for the release of Iranian engineer Mohammed Abedini. In that case the expedition gave its fruits.
(BalkanWeb)
