President Donald Trump and Mrs. Melania Trump departed the United States for Italy on Saturday morning, attending Pope Francis’ funeral.
The President and First Lady set out for Air Force 1 from Andrews’ joint base in the morning. Just before boarding Marine One, who took Trump to Andrews’ joint base, the president spoke with reporters about the trip, noting that he would meet many world leaders there.
“We’re going to Rome to pay our respects and we’ll leave the same day,” Trump said. “We’ll be back home tomorrow night. We’ll see some of them over there, otherwise we’ll see you on TV.”
He said shortly before he would meet many Italian world leaders.
“We’re going to meet a lot of foreign leaders. They want to meet,” Trump said. “The trade deals are going very well. I think Russia and Ukraine are coming, I think they’re very vulnerable. And I think Iran is going very well.
At an oval office press conference alongside Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Garst Leah on Thursday, reporters asked Trump if he was planning to meet Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky. Trump said he doesn’t know if Zelensky was attending the funeral.
In a private audience at the Vatican on May 24, 2017, File/US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania met Pope Francis (Maurix/Gamma Lafo via Getty Images)
“I don’t know if he’s going to the funeral or not, but I hope he will resolve this,” he said.
New York Times It has been reported It’s Monday when Zelestunki is present.
A special envoy to Middle Eastern Steve Witkov met specifically with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday as the Trump administration is about to end the war.
Other current and former world leaders will be attending the funerals of clergymen. According to former President Joe Biden and former First Lady Gilles Biden, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, British Prime Minister Kier Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and Argentine President Javier Miley The era.
When reporters asked how he remembered the late Pope on the South Lawn, Trump said “very well.”
“He actually loved the world and he was just a good guy. I met him twice. I thought he was a great guy,” he added.
