Italy’s Meloni, in Surprise Visit With Trump, Emerges as Europe’s Most Significant Leader, and the President-Elect Calls Her a ‘Fantastic Woman’

Visit looks like the beginning of a special — and substantive — relationship.

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President-elect Trump and Prime Minister Meloni at Mar-a-Lago on January 4, 2025. Prime Minister Meloni/X

Giorgia Meloni’s surprise visit Saturday to Mar-a-Lago is likely to pay dividends for America — and the leader who will become the 47th president. Though the Italian prime minister’s trek to the president-elect’s Florida estate wasn’t the first trip by a G-7 leader, it is the most significant.

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