Trump’s ‘chosen one’ Giorgia Meloni heads to Washington to play delicate balancing act

Trump’s ‘chosen one’ Giorgia Meloni heads to Washington to play delicate balancing act

Italy’s PM has demonstrated an affinity with the US president, but also needs to maintain allegiance to her EU partners

Sitting alone at the end of a dinner party, under chandeliers, next to a table with white roses and leftover wine, Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump are locked in conversation.

It is early December and they are pictured in an opulent dining room of the Élysée Palace, where the French president, Emmanuel Macron, hosted guests after the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral.

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