Meloni prepares another trip to Trump in the name of Columbus, anti-woke hero

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Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump together in the name of Christopher Columbus. A myth to celebrate and a statue to dust and polish rather than tear down, with many greetings to Wokism. How the battle of tariffs will end, after Trump's offensive yesterday is unknown, but Palazzo Chigi is certainly already working to prepare the trip on October 18. Appointment at the Washington Hilton Hotel (1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW) for the gala evening of the National Italian American Foundation (Niaf) which this year celebrates 50 years of activity. Donald and Giorgia will be there. Among the awardees Andrea Bocelli. No one sleeps. The celebration of the foundation created to unite “Italian creative genius and the pragmatic American approach” is shaping up to be an event. And the rush to be there has begun immediately. Here is the prime minister, of course. But also the deputies, Antonio Tajani and Matteo Salvini, who was supposed to go to the US this month but who in the end postponed. And then the invitations are also going out to the highest offices of the state, to the presidents of the Chamber and Senate, Lorenzo Fontana and Ignazio La Russa. And will the presidents of the parliamentary commissions that deal with America, such as Defense and Foreign Affairs, remain in Rome? No, they too are eager. The tuxedos are already ironed. As are the delegations of the Carabinieri band and the pilots of the Frecce Tricolori. But the list is very long: for example, an important representation of the Lazio region is taken for granted, led by Melonian Francesco Rocca, who has just returned from a tour in Japan for the Osaka Expo with regional assessors and councilors (from the majority and opposition: so no one has argued about the costs of the mission that recalls that of Craxi and "his loved ones" in China). Like every year, in fact, the NIAF elects a region of honor. In 2024 it was Friuli Venezia Giulia's turn, while in 2025 it will be Lazio's turn. What a celebration, what an opportunity for friendship and business, certainly. The gala – calendar in hand – is scheduled under “Columbus day” which, as we know, falls on October 12. In honor of the landing of the Genoese Christopher. The day after the funeral of Pope Francis, it was Trump himself who relaunched the cultural celebration with words, entrusted to the social Truth, that immediately went down well with Meloni. These: “I will bring Columbus day back from the ashes”. Why? “The Democrats have done everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation and all the Italians who love him so much. They have torn down his statues, putting in his place nothing but woke, or worse, total nothingness! Well, you will be happy to know that Christopher is about to make a big comeback. I am resurrecting Columbus day here and now according to the same rules, dates and places where it has been held for decades”. Music to the ears of the Prime Minister who last April in the Oval Office of the White House reiterated the importance of the common fight of conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic against the "woke ideology, which would like to erase our history". The parade will take place in New York on October 12th and will be days of celebration until the NIAF event. This occasion will also be the debut for the new Italian ambassador to America. Mariangela Zappia's race seems to have reached the end of the line, with no more possibility of extensions, by the end of June. In the invisible corridors that connect Palazzo Chigi with the Farnesina, a specific name is being mentioned in these hours: Massimo Ambrosetti, who has been in Beijing for two years. For him it would be a return: between 2006 and 2010 he served in Washington, as first advisor, also dealing with strategic relations between the United States and China. Ambrosetti in the conclave of feluccas is given as a possible candidate, with all the risks that this entails. That is, as a point of agreement between Meloni and Tajani (who has never hidden his preference for his current chief of staff Francesco Genuardi). In the background there also remains the solid Giorgio Marrapodi, who has been in Turkey for 3 years, with 35 years of experience behind him. Fratelli d'Italia – tendency undersecretary Giovanbattista Fazzolari – would like Mario Vattani, appointed a year ago by the Council of Ministers ambassador of rank, therefore for life. Nailed to the perfidious nickname of "consul fascio rock" because of that concert, among woods of outstretched arms, at a CasaPound event now fourteen years ago. Endless love for Japan, lavished on quality books and guides, Vattani is the general commissioner for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka. It would be a surprise. And nothing is double-locked yet. After all, it is unwritten practice that such positions also pass through the Quirinale. Time flies and the landing of the new ambassador is imminent. Also because it will not be just any October for Meloni and the rest of the government. In the name of Columbus, duties permitting, of course.

Simone Canettieri

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