
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and US President Donald Trump hit an optimistic note about a possible US-EU tariffs deal on Thursday as the far-right leader mounted a charm offensive at the White House, highlighting the pair's conservative common ground and declaring she wanted to "make the West great again".
Meloni – the first EU leader to visit the US president since his imposition of 20 percent tariffs on the bloc – and Trump shared a working lunch and a private meeting in the Oval Office.