U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Friday for a second day of talks on tariffs and then attended Good Friday services at the Vatican amid speculation of a possible pope greeting this weekend.
“I’ve been missing you,” Meloni jokingly told Vance as he entered the courtyard of Chigi Palace, the premier’s office.
They had seen each other just the previous day in the Oval Office, where Trump lavished praise on the Italian leader for her crackdown on migration but didn’t yield on tariff plans that have increased tensions with the European Union and stoked fears of recession.
The White House and Meloni’s office on Friday issued a joint statement that said Trump would visit Italy “in the very near future.”
“There is also consideration to hold, on such occasion, a meeting between U.S. and Europe,” the statement said.
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Vance, a Catholic convert, later attended Good Friday services …