The top US diplomat arrives in Italy to appease the Europeans – A strange dispute in the background

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Italy on Thursday and hopes to meet the prime minister Giorgia Melonin.

Seran courier according to Rubio, on Thursday, he has already arranged a meeting with the Cardinal Secretary of State responsible for the Vatican’s foreign policy Pietro Parolinin with and on Friday he will meet the Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajanin and the Minister of Defense Guido Crosetton. Instead, the Italian Prime Minister’s Office, Palazzo Chigi, has not commented on the meeting with Meloni, as the Prime Minister does not usually meet with ministerial visitors. In addition, Meloni is scheduled to meet the President of the United States Donald Trump At the G7 summit in Switzerland in mid-June.

According to Italian estimates, Rubio wants to mediate between Italy and the United States to ease recent tensions.

It all started in April, when Donald Trump criticized the Pope Silent in a completely exceptional way. At the same time, information about threats to the Pope from the US Department of Defense Pentagon was spreading in Italy.

The situation escalated just a few days later between Trump and Meloni, when the Italian Prime Minister defended the Pope. In addition, Trump has criticized Italy and Spain for denying the use of NATO bases located in these countries to American fighter jets on their way to Iran.

Now, the announcement of Rubio’s trip to Rome comes just a day after Donald Trump announced that he would withdraw 5,000 American troops from German NATO bases and raise tariffs on European cars exported to the United States to 25 percent.

In addition, the US president, speaking to reporters on Saturday, announced that the presence of American forces in Germany will be significantly further reduced. He has also hinted at plans to reduce the US troop presence in Spain and Italy.

The researcher talks about Trump’s revenge

Atlantic Council senior researcher, former Italian ambassador to NATO Stefano Stefanini says directly in his analysis published on Sunday that Trump wants to take revenge on Europe.

“It’s not going well with Iran. That’s why he’s attacking Europe, especially Germany, because they’re not helping in the war against Iran. NATO is paying the price for this, which is a strange strategic twist, because it was originally created to strengthen the international presence of the United States.”

According to Stefanin, this is the first time that an attempt is made to “break” NATO from within. At the same time, he estimates that the way the US announces its withdrawal has a significant impact on European security and NATO’s credibility.

“Let’s just hope not the Russian president Vladimir Putin want to try them right away. The end of NATO is a long-standing dream of the Kremlin. Customs fees can always be negotiated, but security is much less so,” he states.