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The White House's next foreign visitor: Matteo Salvini, the closest thing Western Europe has to Trum
Source: Washington Post
The White House’s next foreign visitor: Matteo Salvini, the closest thing Western Europe has to Trump
By Chico Harlan June 14 at 2:14 PM
ROME — If anybody in Western Europe bears a political resemblance to Donald Trump, it is Matteo Salvini.
Salvini holds rollicking rallies and talks about putting Italy first. He rails against open borders and bleeding-heart liberals. He’s a frenetic social media user who spotlights cases of immigrant crime to show how the country is under threat. Lately, Salvini has even talked about his proposed tax cuts as a Trump-like “cure” for stagnation.
“Look at what Donald Trump has done for the American economy,” Salvini, the Italian deputy prime minister and leader of the far-right League party, said last month.
All the while, Salvini — who is visiting Washington this weekend — is proving that perhaps the best way to have decent relations with Trump’s administration is to be a little bit like the president himself.
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By Chico Harlan June 14 at 2:14 PM
ROME — If anybody in Western Europe bears a political resemblance to Donald Trump, it is Matteo Salvini.
Salvini holds rollicking rallies and talks about putting Italy first. He rails against open borders and bleeding-heart liberals. He’s a frenetic social media user who spotlights cases of immigrant crime to show how the country is under threat. Lately, Salvini has even talked about his proposed tax cuts as a Trump-like “cure” for stagnation.
“Look at what Donald Trump has done for the American economy,” Salvini, the Italian deputy prime minister and leader of the far-right League party, said last month.
All the while, Salvini — who is visiting Washington this weekend — is proving that perhaps the best way to have decent relations with Trump’s administration is to be a little bit like the president himself.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the-white-houses-next-foreign-visitor-matteo-salvini-the-closest-thing-western-europe-has-to-trump/2019/06/14/c9aa352c-8eba-11e9-b6f4-033356502dce_story.html
