The US president responded to a Mediaset correspondent's question about the possibility of tariffs on Italy. And then on Canada: "I would like to see it as the 51st State". A fiery phone call with the Danish prime minister about Greenland
"Will you give Italy a break on tariffs?" "I really like Meloni, let's see what happens!" This is how the President of the United States, Donald Trump, responded to the question of the Mediaset correspondent, Maria Luisa Rossi Hawkins.
Ft: "EU counts on Meloni to stop US tariffs"
And that Giorgia Meloni is the "channel of communication" between the EU and Donald Trump is certified by a recent editorial in the Financial Times titled "The EU is counting on Giorgia Meloni to avert White House tariffs". Meloni "was the only EU leader present at Trump's inauguration, underlining her ideological and personal affinity with him, a few weeks after having dinner with the Republican at Mar-a-Lago to secure his support for a prisoner exchange with Iran", writes Amy Kazmin, author of the article in the authoritative British newspaper.
Danish PM to Trump: 'Greenland is not for sale'
Trump also insisted on the seriousness of his intention to take Greenland in a heated phone call with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, senior European officials told the Financial Times. The two political leaders had a 45-minute conversation about the issue, with the prime minister reiterating to the US president that the world's largest island "is not for sale."
"I would like to see Canada as the 51st state"
Trump then spoke about Canada, reiterating an idea that is particularly dear to him. "I would love to see Canada be the 51st state. Canadian citizens, if they did that, would get a very substantial tax cut, a huge tax cut, because they are taxed a lot." The president then added that if Canadians did that, they wouldn't have to worry "about the military and you wouldn't have to worry about a lot of things, you would have better health care. So I think the people of Canada would love that." Trump also recalled that Canada has been very unfair in its trade policies with the United States.
"I will sign an executive order to reform and possibly eliminate the Emergency Management Agency"
Trump then announced that he intends to sign an executive order to begin a process of "fundamental reform" of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), even opening the possibility of eliminating it. During his visit to North Carolina, to visit the areas destroyed by the hurricanes, Trump stressed that the measure will serve to "start a process of fundamental reform of the agency, or maybe eliminate it, which frankly, I think is not efficient." The president said that the federal government's response to the emergency caused by Hurricane Helene was "very slow, among the worst I have ever seen."
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