Trump has lauded Italy's right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as a "fantastic leader." Their affinity has put pressure on the EU flag-bearer.

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni talks with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-A-Lago Club on Jan. 4 in Palm Beach, Fla. Filippo Attili / Palazzo Chigi via AFP-Getty Images file ...

Reuters Giorgia Meloni and Javier Milei share a laugh together in the rotunda EPA Giorgia Meloni, Javier Milei and Han Zheng stand in a line in the rotunda ...

Italy's Giorgia Meloni says "we hope to make the West great again" as Donald Trump hosts the Italian Prime Minister at the White House The US president says there will "100%" be an EU tariff deal ...

Giorgia Meloni has dismissed the idea that Italy will have to choose sides between the US and Europe as “childish” and “superficial”, insisting she would do whatever is necessary to defend ...

Meloni’s contacts seem to have paid off even before Trump’s inauguration. After seeing the Republican in Mar-a-Lago earlier this month, she secured the release of an Italian journalist from Iran.

A handful of world leaders attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration at the U.S. Capitol, including Argentinian President Javier Milei and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.