{"id":1404974,"date":"2026-02-06T10:24:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/?p=1404974&preview=true&preview_id=1404974"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:28:15","slug":"vance-olympics-milan-meloni-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2026\/02\/06\/vance-olympics-milan-meloni-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance attends Olympic skating, then meets with Italian Prime Minister Meloni"},"content":{"rendered":"

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press<\/strong><\/p>\n

MILAN (AP) \u2014 Vice President\u00a0JD Vance<\/a>\u00a0met Friday with Italian Prime Minister\u00a0Giorgia Meloni<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 one of the Trump administration’s closer allies in Europe \u2014 during his trip to Italy for the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

Vance is on a\u00a0weeklong visit that combines sports and diplomacy<\/a>, meeting with Meloni at a time when U.S. relations with Europe have become increasingly strained under President Donald Trump, who has\u00a0shaken up the rules-based order<\/a>\u00a0that has been at the center of U.S. foreign policy since World War II.<\/p>\n

The vice president started his day at the Milano Ice Skating Arena, watching the opening session of the three-day team figure skating competition with his family and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Vance then headed to the Prefettura di Milano, a Milan palace now used as a municipal building, for a bilateral meeting with Meloni that lasted about an hour and was followed by a closed-door lunch.<\/p>\n

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