Vice Premier Matteo Salvini has heard Donald Trump by telephone: this was revealed by the Lega party leader himself, meeting the foreign press in Rome. "I am absolutely convinced that the result of the American elections in November is also decisive for a positive world balance," Salvini says, “I think I am, if not the only one, among the very few who clearly hope for a victory of Donald Trump and the Republicans: I have publicly expressed my closeness to him on judicial events that to many Italians remind them of those of Silvio Berlusconi, who for 30 years has been accompanied, some say persecuted, by a certain type of justice: he replied to me in the past few hours thanking me for the closeness, we also spoke by phone”. "I plan to have a mission to the U.S. soon, in the summer," he added, "to reinforce the friendship between Italy and the United States, which is fundamental regardless of colors, expressing the hope that Trump will win in November, which I do not think will be stopped by these investigations, and I thank him for appreciating our support". The Vice Premier also spoke about Ukraine: "We as the League have voted in Italy and Europe for all measures in favor of Ukraine, including military aid, but we will never allow a single Italian bullet to be used to bomb and kill in Russia". "Fortunately," Salvini argues, “we have kept sovereignty at least on foreign policy and defense, fortunately the Italian military does not depend on Macron and the Italian Constitution that repudiates war is there, current and untouched. If we had a common European defense and a common European army, and if today we were commanded by the French and the Germans, we would risk being on the doorstep of World War III”.
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