2023-07-28 00:18:37
From chrysalis to butterfly. Thus, metaphorically, it could be described metamorphosis that the Prime Minister of Italy, the far-right Giorgia Meloni, has experienced before the eyes of the american president, Joe Biden, one of the many leaders who until months ago expressed some skepticism towards the Italian. “We are friends“, Biden said, after a meeting held this Thursday in Washington. “In difficult times, we know who our friends are, and I believe that our nations have shown that they can depend on each other more than some believed“She replied, almost as euphoric as he.
Thus the first face to face on American soil between the president of the United States (USA) and the head of government of one of the largest European countries. A meeting that lasted for more than one hourin which the US also sought consolidate its strategy against Russia by the war in Ukraine, and at the end of which Meloni had a brief appearance before the media. “We have talked about how to continue to give our support to Ukraine”, Meloni has guaranteed, also congratulating herself on the “cohesion” and “union” demonstrated by NATO in the conflict in Ukraine. “The president has enjoyed working with her,” John F. Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, had said Wednesday.
During the meeting, Meloni did not miss the opportunity to also focus on one of the issues that he sees as essential to stop migration to Italy: cooperation with Africa. “We must take a fair approach towards those countries that have lost trust in the west since they feel that they have been exploited”, he affirmed, in a day in which he also repeatedly evoked the many italian immigrants who, in the 20th century, immigrated to the United States.
compliments and messages
Indeed, throughout her day in Washington, Meloni he was full of praise towards their hosts. He described Capitol Hill, the seat of the US Congress, as “beacon of light for democracies from all over the world”, as he said during lunch with the speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy. In the US Constitution, “it is enshrined The pursuit of happiness for all its citizens. This is what makes America a natural leader in the world,” she added.
However, the far-right also met the Democrat Bob Menendezconsidered a great supporter of a tougher policy with China (with the argument that the Asian country could repeat in Taiwan what Russia did in Ukraine). And, similarly, he met with the leader of the Democratic majority in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, that even raised ban social network tik tok for alleged threats to national security, and with the leader of the Republicans, Mitch McConnell, who has also expressed similar positions.
The G7, China and Ukraine
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The moment is delicate for the US. In 2024 the US presidential election and Italia will be the president of the G7, the group that brings together Japan and the most developed Western economies. Hence precisely Meloni’s words about Chinatopic that was conversation topic during the meeting with Biden, Meloni said. “We talked about the silk road and China, (…) how to encourage it to act responsibly,” said the president, later suggesting that Italy may abandon the Chinese project.
The same with Italy’s military support for Ukraine. Position that Meloni defended with the thesis that Western aid has led the war with Russia in a “stalemate”which can also be used for “lay the foundations” for a future negotiationrevealed.
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