Why Italy’s defence spending lags far behind
Despite Giorgia Meloni’s vocal criticism of Putin’s war
The mood when Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, met Donald Trump on April 17th could not have been sweeter. Mr Trump’s guest was “a great prime minister” doing “a fantastic job”. He was even “very proud to be with her”. When Ms Meloni slipped into MAGA-speak to suggest she and the president could “make the West great again”, he assented.
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Not from Mars”
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