Just on the eve of the Prime Minister's trip to Washington Giorgia Meloni, who will meet Donald tomorrow Trump At the White House, high tension returns between the United States andXNUMX-XNUMX business days. High tension caused by a double No from the American President. After having given a glimpse of second thoughts on the duties for the automotive industry, which in fact yesterday had a sparkling day on the stock market, Trump rejected the European proposal to Zero duties for industry and for the . A rejection that has sown disappointment in Brussels where there was hope for the start of a constructive dialogue with the US. Now it will take all of Meloni's diplomatic skills to try to soften the capricious American President and recreate the conditions for a more serene relationship between the two sides of the Atlantic. But the Prime Minister is the first to know that we have "difficult times" ahead.
Unfortunately there is a second No from Trump that is exacerbating tensions and it is the one linked to the refusal of the USA to sign a document of the G7 of condemnation of the horrific Russian massacre of civilians in Ukraine, sumi, which once again caused innocent deaths and injuries. Fortunately, the secretary of the NATO, Rutte, He firmly reiterated that NATO, of which the US is a member, remains at Ukraine's side Zelensky but Trump's imbalance in favor of the Russian tsar makes it very difficult to reach a truce in the tormented Ukraine.
