It was mission accomplished on Thursday night for Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s prime minister, who navigated her White House meeting with Donald Trump with poise, earning her lavish praise and a “100 per cent” promise of a trade deal from the US President.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday amid a tense trade standoff with the European Union over tariffs. Meloni’s visit to Washington makes her the first European leader to meet the president since he announced tariffs on European imports earlier this month.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was in Washington D.C. Thursday to meet with President Donald Trump to talk about the tariffs he levied on the European Union.