ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “The military, cultural, economic and political collaboration between the United States and Italy has not changed. Only because two people at the summit had a small discussion, the rest of the pyramid does not stop. He didn’t miss a shot. And then despite the president and Meloni have had a few words too much, Trump continues to see in Italy a global leader. From which he expected more.” These are the words of the US ambassador in Italy Tilman Fertitta in an interview with La Repubblica.
“On Iran wanted more – Fertitta explains – In my view, Italy has respected its share of the agreement with the United States, but it does not mean that it could not do more and indeed the president wanted more. Trump has many things to deal with and has no time to look at the clauses written in small in every single deal. He simply expected more. When he has great expectations and things are not done as he likes, he attacks. It also happened with Great Britain and France. It does not attack small countries, it attacks the countries it holds, the big ones, with a strong leadership”.
“I know President Trump and I can say he doesn’t wake up every day saying: ‘I don’t like Giorgia Melonì – continues the ambassador – The president has much respect for her, not by chance was among the few leaders invited to dinner in Mar-a-Lago after the elections and then to the settlement. They have a very good relationship: we do not deceive what happened, they will meet somewhere and you will see that it will be okay”.
To the question whether he met and is following Roberto Vannacci says: “I am the ambassador of the United States and at this time I work with the Meloni government. If I have to deal with another government in the future, I will do my best to ensure that everything works best among our countries.”.
On the risk of Russian interference in the elections in Italy. “Yes, the Italian government is favorable to Ukraine and therefore it is certain that the Russians would like to interfere on the vote, but the Italians are intelligent and will not let themselves be influenced, If Russia can attack NATO? Putin is already testing NATO but if he does something really aggressive, an attack, he will feel all the strength of the Alliance: the United States and all their partners will respond together.”.
The US hopes for a role of the Carabinieri in training future security forces in Gaza. “A hundred percent yes. The Carabinieri are probably the best force of peacekeeping and military police in the world, America and Italy have peace at heart, so they want to do good and see the need to help Gaza.”.
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