US President-elect Donald Trump hosted Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for talks at his Florida base, the latest sign of the two leaders’ deepening bond and the Italian’s leveraging of her hard-right credentials to position Rome for the incoming administration.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made an unannounced trip to Florida to meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Discussions covered peace, industrial cooperation, and the case of detained journalist Cecilia Sala.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday she was ready to work with Donald Trump after making a surprise visit to Florida to meet the president-elect before his inauguration on Jan. 20.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy visited Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort over the weekend, becoming the latest world leader to meet with the president-elect ahead of his inauguration later this month.

Circle Squared Alternative Investments' Jeff Sica discusses the 'historic' meeting between Trump and PM Giorgia Meloni at Mar-a-Lago and Apple's stock performance.

The Italian prime minister’s apparent closeness with the US president-elect could help avert a looming trade war.

Lago, Trump described Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as a “fantastic woman… she’s really taken Europe by storm.”