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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels to Rome to meet Pope Leo XIV and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, with planned talks alongside Italian ministers Tajani and Crosetto to bolster bilateral ties and align on global issues. The trip, described by Italian media as a “relations thawing mission,” follows tensions involving the pope and Meloni sparked by remarks from former President Trump.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Rome to try to thaw frosty relations with both Italy's government and the Vatican, meeting Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Italy's foreign minister Tajani, with a possible meeting with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni; the trip also marks the one-year anniversary of Pope Leo's papacy and comes amid tensions tied to Trump’s criticisms of the Pope and broader US-European disputes.
President Donald Trump branded Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as 'unacceptable' after she criticized his attack on Pope Leo XIV, saying he was shocked and had been wrong about her. He asserted she wants the U.S. to shield Italy from a nuclear threat and secure oil flow, and noted they haven’t spoken in a long time.
Italy’s government is scrambling to quell a furor over ICE involvement in security for the Milan-Cortina Winter Games, with officials insisting agents won’t be on Italian streets and DHS stressing that operations remain under Italian authority, even as opposition and local leaders condemn the move and petitions call to block ICE’s participation.