Meloni wants the « West to become great again », Trump is sure it will happen

Italian Prime Minister Giorgie Meloni and US President Donald Trump surprisingly expressed high optimism about the future of transatlantic relations after Meloni visited Trump in the White House on Thursday, the first European leader in Washington after Trump announced the duty on European imports.

« The goal of Europe and the US is to make the West great again, » Meloni said, adding that « when I talk about the West, I’m not talking about a geographical space, but about civilization and I want to make this civilization stronger. »

Duties

The trade negotiations offered by the EU in response to a series of duties that Trump imposed in March were the center of negotiations in the White House, but not the only topic.

In response to a journalistic question, he said that his duties policy was successful because it causes the countries to negotiate on the table of Washington, and to those who do not come Trump promised that « we will make the deal for them.

In response to the US decision to temporarily postpone the entry into force of the so -called « reciprocal duties », the EU postponed until June all response measures, even those of duties, which are collected as the taxation of steel and aluminum imported from Europe in the United States, which Trump increased to 25% and duties on cars.

At the briefing in the oval office, after negotiations of the Meloni and Trump delegations, they avoided controversial topics, focusing on what united them as the fight against illegal migration.

The war in Ukraine

Meloni raised the question of the war in Ukraine, which gave Trump the reason to say that this week was expecting a response from Moscow on the fire termination proposals, and that the contract for rare metals, which gives the US access to the deposits of Ukraine, will be signed on Thursday. He also did not object to the omitoring mission in Ukraine, as preparing the coalition of those wishing, led by France and the United Kingdom.

Trump did not go into detail, saying that the teams were continuing to work on the details of the Natural Reference Agreement, which was to be signed on a Brael House’s visit to the White House when he was attacked by Trump and Vance for the war.

In the presence of Meloni, the US president reiterated that he was not satisfied with what he had done by Zelenski, but did not hold him responsible.

Meloni will continue talks with the US administration on Friday, when a meeting between her and Vice President Jay Di Vance in Rome is scheduled. Meloni invited Trump to visit her, pointing out that if the US president visits Italy, she would try to organize all over Europe to clear positions on both sides of the Atlantic.