I find myself liking Giorgia Meloni

[DavidDvorkin]

And America is allied with Russia against Europe.

And the Nationalists are the pro-China Taiwanese opposition party.

The world has gone mad.

[MustLoveBeagles]

1. I admire her for standing up to the fool

I disagree strongly with her political views.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. .

Link to tweet

[Ocelot II]

3. She's a fascist, a bit to the right of Darth Vader,

but at least she's standing up to Trump so I'll give her that. She's not someone we should actually like, though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgia_Meloni

[hookaleft]

23. absolutely

Meloni is a conservative and right-wing populist who is also a critic of globalism. She is opposed to euthanasia, same-sex marriage, and same-sex parenting, stating that nuclear families are exclusively headed by male–female pairs. Meloni supported (but never enacted) a naval blockade to halt illegal immigration, and she has been described as xenophobic and Islamophobic by some critics. A supporter of NATO, she maintains Eurosceptic views regarding the European Union (EU), views she describes as "Eurorealist". She favoured improved relations with Russia before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which she condemned, pledging to keep sending arms to Ukraine. In 2024, Forbes ranked Meloni as the third-most-powerful woman in the world and she was listed amongst the most influential people in the world by Time magazine, while Politico ranked her as the most powerful person in Europe in 202

[TheProle]

4. Maybe she and Rachele Mussolini will have you over for tea

[DavidDvorkin]

19. Wow.

[Deuxcents]

5. Her politics is not the issue. It's her not putting up with TSF's lies and bullying when most still do. Good on her

[BlueTsunami2018]

6. She's a fascist too.

I swear, the worst people get a glow up just for calling Piss an asshole.

She’s terrible.

[meadowlander]

7. One of my best friends is a gay Italian expat who can't take his kids back to see their grandparents in Italy

because they can't get a passport that recognises him and his partner as the kids' parents.

So yeah, she's fab

[EdmondDantes_]

10. It's amazing to me that getting into an ego fight with Trump makes someone "good"

She's objectively a horrible person.

[DavidDvorkin]

14. No one's saying it makes her good.

[EdmondDantes_]

15. And yet you like her because of a minor dispute she has with Trump

That shouldn't override the 95+% of things they are in lock step on to make you like her. You shouldn't like a fascist just because she doesn't want to be seen as begging for a picture when she's homophobic, anti-immigrant, etc.

[DavidDvorkin]

18. I like that aspect of her and I like her for the moment

I thought the cynical lightheartedness was obvious. I also thought it was the right that had no sense of humor, especially about themselves.

[Intractable]

20. 'I thought the cynical lightheartedness was obvious. '

No.

[fujiyamasan]

17. I'm not sure her domestic politics are my concern being that I'm not Italian

All I know is she’s pushing back on Trump better than many so called liberal European leaders.

[BlueTsunami2018]

22. Fascism is everyone's concern.

No matter where it’s happening.

To be unconcerned with it seems crazy to me.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Raise your hand ✋ if you STAND with Giorgia Meloni against Trump

[SuzyandPuffpuff]

11. Love hate

She's just stating facts. I don't like her politics but she's just stating facts. Facts be facts. 😆

[RandySF]

12. She's as bad as Trump.

[DavidDvorkin]

13. Oh, I know that

I have no illusions about her. But right now, for the moment, I like her.

[fujiyamasan]

16. At least she's not a stooge for Putin

She also didn’t start an idiotic war against Iran… and doesn’t have her own geatapo rounding up citizens…

I could keep going.

Trump is objectively worse on almost every measure. And Italian politics are of no concern to me.

[Intractable]

21. Well, she good looking.

That's called damning with faint praise.

Politically, she was an ally of Trump.

[jmowreader]

24. A few days ago I made this comment about the Italian prime minister

"The only substantive difference between Benito Mussolini and Giorgia Meloni is Meloni wears lipstick." The woman is a literal, card-carrying Italian Fascist.

The thing is, Mussolini wouldn't have liked Trump either. They say Mussolini made the trains run on time. Trump would shut down the trains in a heartbeat if he thought there was money in it for him.

[DavidDvorkin]

25. I've read that Mussolini didn't actually make the trains run on time

He made everyone terrified of contradicting him when he claimed that the trains were running on time.

[themaguffin]

26. Yikes. She's terrible.

[DavidDvorkin]

28. Yes, she is, but she deserves credit for her current reaction to Trump.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

27. bring back shame

[NoRethugFriends]

29. I think maybe you need to do a bit more research

[LessAspin]

30. Problematic Politics aside...

She has proven to be a a good judge of character.

Given her unwavering support of Zelensky and utter contempt for Trump 🚯

[generalbetrayus]

31. Cut DavidDvorkin some slack, peoplez. He probably should have made it clear that he likes Giorgia Meloni

for attacking Trump only, but that's how I took it when I read the post. The comments were informative, however, if overwrought in some cases. Just sayin'.

[DavidDvorkin]

33. You're right; I should have specified that

I assumed -- wrongly, as it turned out -- that such a post here on DU would be interpreted correctly.

[SorellaLaBefana]

32. She is, perhaps, the world's current most skilled politician: She is also an open and proud Fascist

Besides her admirable political skill, she also has courage.

Might want to take a look at the history of her rise to power.

Even going no deeper than wikipedia makes it clear what sort of a world view she supports