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Italy's Giorgia Meloni's side-eye goes viral
Aug 20, 2025
Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni appeared to give side-eye to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday as they attended a high-stakes meeting in the East Room with President Donald Trump.
Meloni and Merz were among the European leaders who flew to Washington to back up Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was receiving a debrief from Trump after the president's meeting Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump is attempting to end the war in Ukraine.
During his Oval Office meeting with Zelensky, Trump stated that a ceasefire deal wasn't necessary ahead of a broader peace agreement.
Afterward, Zelensky and the other European leaders gathered around a table in the East Room for a meeting.
Merz - and later French President Emmanuel Macron - pressed Trump on the ceasefire issue.
'Let's try and put pressure on Russia, because the credibility of this effort, these efforts we are undertaking today, are depending on at least a ceasefire from the beginning of the serious negotiations, from next stop on,' Merz told Trump.
Between Merz and the American president sat Meloni - who was captured on camera making several odd expressions with her eyes as the German chancellor went on.
'So I would like to emphasize this aspect and would like to see a ceasefire from the next meeting, which should be a trilateral meeting, wherever it takes place,' Merz said.
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