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Meloni positions herself as Europe’s ‘trump card’ on visit to White House

President Donald Trump meets with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, 17 April. AP - Alex Brandon

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.

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