The Italian prime minister’s visit to Washington is high-stakes, risking her political capital in Europe and at home on a meeting with possible negative outcomes.

When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni touches down in Washington for a meeting Thursday at the White House, the European Union, scrambling to strike a deal on trade, will be playing its Trump card.

Few European leaders make a better emissary to the court of President Donald Trump. The 48-year-old Meloni heads Italy’s most right-wing government since Benito Mussolini and ranks among the select list of leaders Trump seems to like. He has described her as a “wonderful woman,” hosting her at Mar-a-Lago and inviting her to his January inauguration. (…)

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  • @solo@slrpnk.netOP
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    15 days ago

    I don’t like the Washington Post neither. After reading a few articles on this topic from other outlets that are compatible with this community’s rule about MBFC, I chose to post this one because it’s content was relatively ok imo.

    Maybe I missed a better article? Sure.

    At the same time, kinda tragic of the state that western mainstream media are? I would argue, totally.

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
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      13 days ago

      Yeah it was not against you, only against WP, even if I was harsh with language. I should have made that clear.

      Sorry and thanks for posting.

      • @solo@slrpnk.netOP
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        12 days ago

        I believe your comment was clearly about the outlet. I just took the opportunity to say where I stand on this topic, as well.