On Easter weekend, while Rome fills tourists in search of a papal blessing or a well -made carbonara, to land in the capital there is an exceptional visitor: the Vice -President of the United States, JD Vance. But he didn’t arrive alone. Together with him his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance, of Indian origins, and their three children. The journey, we could say, has little to do with tourism and a lot with geopolitics. On the agenda: institutional meetings, a stage in the Vatican (without meeting Pope Francis, however), strategic phone calls and Holy Friday mass in San Pietro. After all, every good “Roman holiday” that is self -respecting must have a photo with a baroque background.
The political heart of the visit beats at Palazzo Chigi, where JD Vance meets the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. With great smiles, handshakes and hugs. The war in Ukraine, commercial relations between the United States and the European Union, the strategic link between Rome and Washington are the themes on the table. «We are leading important commercial negotiations not only between Italy and the United States, but with the entire European Union. We talked about it a lot yesterday and today we will continue these conversations, “Vance announced. “We have some issues to face: I will update the premier on the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, we had already spoken in the past, we have a sense of positivity and optimism on the fact that we can hope to complete this brutal war”. The premier welcomes him radiant, thanks to the visit just carried out with the American president and the New York Times who called it “one of the few European leaders welcome to Donald Trump”. Vance for Giorgia Meloni is a natural ally, a political leader of his peer, with the same vision of the world, he reciprocated by underlining the “crucial role of Italy” in the European and Mediterranean scenario. Is it just diplomacy?
Between explained sirens and tilt traffic, JD Vance’s Roman holidays continued Vatican for Holy Friday Mass. First, however, the food: rigatoscini with sea and curl, read on the Corriere della Serasea bass with crunchy artichokes, strawberries with vanilla ice cream. Although one of the main objectives of the Roman visit of Vance, who converted to Christianity in 2019 after returning from Iraq, was to meet Pope Francis, the meeting will not be there. The pontiff is in convalescence and although he often begins to appear to the celebrations, in this case he preferred to avoid. Perhaps also for the very distant views of immigration? The Pope publicly criticized Trump’s deportations with a letter. JD Vance met the Secretary of State of the Holy See, Piero Parolin, and immediately after the visit to the Vatican with his wife. The program then includes a tour of the Colosseum and the Imperial Forums. Arrived in Rome Vance commented: “This is a place that was built by people who loved humanity and loved God: the streets, the buildings, the wonderful panorama truly raise the human spirit”.
Source: Vanity Fair
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