President-elect Trump appeared Saturday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
Trump appeared at a screening of a documentary detailing the challenges some conservative lawyers say they face in the legal system.
He entered the grand ballroom around 7 p.m. and returned about two hours later after having dinner.
President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak during a news conference at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
“It’s very exciting,” Trump told the Meloni crowd.
“I am here with a fantastic woman, the Italian Prime Minister,” he continued. “She’s really taken Europe and everyone by storm, and we’re just having dinner tonight.”
Other figures at the documentary screening include his pick for secretary of state in his new administration, Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, and his pick for national security adviser, Florida Republican Rep. Mike Waltz , as well as his choice for Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks to the media during the closing press conference of the G7 Summit on the last day of the 50th G7 Summit at Borgo Egnazia on June 15, 2024 in Fasano, Italy. (Alessandra Benedetti – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
Meloni’s visit to Trump resort comes after others world leaders met with the president-elect in Florida.
Argentine President Javier Milei was the first world leader to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago following his election victory in November, followed by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán who each visited the Sunny state meet Trump.
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives in the courtyard of the Italian government office, Palazzo Chigi, to meet with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, in Rome, Thursday, January 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)
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President Biden is expected to travel to Rome later this week to meet with Meloni and then Pope Francis. The White House said Biden’s meeting with Meloni would “highlight the strength of the U.S.-Italy relationship” and include the president thanking the prime minister “for his strong leadership in the G7 over the course of the past year.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
