Den inflytelserika amerikanska tankesmedjan Atlantic Council har skrivit om Melonis valseger:
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Today, Meloni’s position on the United States is clear and well-defined. She has recently struck an agreement with the US International Republican Institute to organize a major conference on Afghanistan in Rome. She is also a member of the Aspen Institute and participated in this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. She has said that Italy and the United States have “shared roots” and goes on the record with leading American newspapers to defend her positions.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blog...ashington-get/
Låt oss titta närmare på "International Republican Institute". John McCain var visst dess ordförande i 25 års tid:
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In 2018, US Senator John McCain informed its board of his intention to step down as chair of IRI after 25 years in the role and recommended for US Senator Dan Sullivan to succeed him.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intern...ican_Institute
De har även mottagit pengar från National Endowment for Democracy, ökänt för sin roll i olika färgrevolutioner runt om i världen:
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The IRI received $550,000 from the National Endowment for Democracy in 2009 in order to "promote and enhance the participation of think tanks in Mexico and Honduras as 'pressure groups' to impel political parties to develop concrete positions on key issues", and to "support initiatives to implement political positions during the campaigns in 2009" following the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.[15]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intern...utional_crisis
De sponsrade även "aktivister" i den så kallade arabiska våren:
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According to an April 2011 New York Times article, the IRI, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and other groups were credited for training activists in the Middle East, specifically Egypt and Tunisia, who were advocating for reform in authoritarian regimes.[17]
A ministry of justice's report on foreign funding of NGOs in Egypt has revealed that IRI in Egypt has received funding of about 7 million dollars by USAID for the Egyptian 2011–12 elections. The military rulers who gained control of the country following the January 2011 revolution consider this foreign funding interference in internal affairs.[18]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intern...te#Middle_East
Att Meloni är medlem i Aspen Institute är också bekymrande med tanke på vilka som sponsrar dem:
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The Aspen Institute is largely funded by foundations such as the Carnegie Corporation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Gates Foundation, the Lumina Foundation, and the Ford Foundation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen_Institute
Enligt uppgift ska hon också ha en nära relation med den tidigare judisk-amerikanska ambassadören i Italien, Lewis Eisenberg:
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The right-wing media have highlighted Meloni’s transatlantic ties with the United States and American conservative groups, too. Giorgia Meloni was on the spot on July 4 at the American embassy in Via Veneto to celebrate America's Independence Day. Over the years, she has developed close ties with the former United States ambassador in Rome, Lewis Eisenberg, and the outgoing chargé d'affaires, Thomas Smitham. Recently, she became an associate of the Aspen Institute, headed in Italy by Giulio Tremonti, a former Treasury minister under Berlusconi, whom many think will play a key role in her government.
https://www.theamericanconservative....s-new-mandate/