After 🇮🇹 Giorgia Meloni’s meeting with 🇺🇸 President Joe Biden, a reporter asked her if she felt like an underdog at the 🏛️ White House… “To tell you the truth I’m always very concentrated on deliverables,” 🇮🇹 Meloni responded. “If you think I feel like Cinderella during these meetings, No, it’s not the case. I’m always very aware of my institutional role as head of government.” 🇺🇸 Biden yesterday hosted 🇮🇹 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the 🏛️ White House, “months after expressing skepticism. CNN writes: “But the initial wariness toward 🇮🇹 Meloni – fueled by fierce rhetoric related to migration, the 🇪🇺 European Union and gay rights – appears to have subsided as the prime minister shifts toward the center. The 🇺🇸 White House has viewed the 🇮🇹 prime minister as a strong partner in the effort to aid 🇺🇦 Ukraine. Meloni has also signaled a willingness to pull 🇮🇹 Italy out of 🇨🇳 China’s Belt and Road Initiative.” The meeting was focused on Ukraine and China as well as the stream of migration from North Africa to Europe’s southern shores. “We’ve become friends,” 🇺🇸 Biden told reporters with 🇮🇹 Meloni sitting by his side. He hailed the cooperation between the two nations, including on issues such as the economy and space. Speaking to her directly, he said he wanted to “compliment you on your very strong support in defending against Russia” and even pumped a fist to demonstrate that strength. 🇮🇹 Meloni returned the compliments, speaking of the “deep friendship” between the two countries. These bonds, she said, “cross governments and remain solid regardless of their political colors,” alluding to their contrasting right and left ideologies. “We know who our friends are in times that are tough, and I think that Western nations have shown that they can rely on each other much” more “than some had believed.” #giorgiameloni #digitaldiplomacy - @wearedigitaldiplomacy