Vance Meets Italian PM Meloni in Rome for Second Bilateral in One Month

Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on May 17, 2025, in their second bilateral meeting within a month. Meloni, as the EU's most explicitly pro-Trump government leader, served as an informal intermediary between the administration and more resistant EU member states; discussions focused on the U.S.-EU trade framework and Italy's role in the G7's response to the Liberation Day tariffs.