Trump watches documentary with Meloni at Mar-a-Lago club

Meloni's visit to US comes after Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was detained by Iranian Police while reporting in Tehran late last December

Palm Beach: President-elect Donald Trump made an appearance Saturday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who was visiting his Mar-a-Lago club.

Meloni follows Argentina President Javier Milei, who became the first world leader to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after his Election Day victory in November. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungry also travelled to Florida to meet with the president-elect.

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Trump appeared at a screening of a documentary detailing challenges some conservative lawyers report facing in the legal system. He entered the grand ballroom around 7 pm and then returned around two hours later after having dinner.

Trump told the crowd of Meloni: “This is very exciting.” “I’m here with a fantastic woman, the Prime Minister of Italy. She’s really taken Europe by storm, and everyone else, and we’re just having dinner tonight,” Trump said.

The president-elect watched a screening of the documentary with Meloni and with his pick for the incoming administration’s Secretary of State, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, as well as Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, Trump’s choice for national security adviser and his choice to head the Treasury Department, Scott Bessent. Meloni’s visit comes after Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was detained by Iranian police while reporting in Tehran late last month.