Trump Expresses Confidence in EU Trade Deal in Meeting With Italy’s Meloni

In the Oval Office, Italian Prime Minister Meloni told Trump that together, they could ’make the West great again.’

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office on April 17, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump welcomed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to the White House on April 17, with both leaders signaling confidence that a trade deal will emerge with the European Union (EU).

Trump said he has “very little problem making a deal with Europe, or anybody else, because [the United States has] something that everybody wants.”