Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday met American billionaire businessman Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Tesla, owner of X, after Donald Trump's re-election as President of the United States.
The billionaire who has campaigned aggressively for the Republican candidate in the US Presidential election was hailed by Trump as "a special guy," "new star," and "super genius.".
"In the last few hours I have heard from my friend Elon Musk. I am convinced that his commitment and vision will be an important resource for the United States and Italy, in a spirit of collaboration aimed at addressing future challenges," Meloni posted on X Thursday afternoon, India time.
In the month of September, when an awards ceremony was going on parallel with the 79th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, he had made a call to the Italian Prime Minister who was termed "someone who is even more beautiful on the inside than she was on the outside".
"She is authentic, honest, truthful," said Musk while awarding the Atlantic Council Global Citizen Award to Meloni.
Referring to Musk as a "precious genius", the Italian leader responded.
"I thank Elon for the beautiful words that he had for me, and for his precious genius for the era in which we live," she said while beginning her speech at the event.
The comments fueled a rumor mill with Musk eventually denying any romantic relationship with the Italian Prime Minister.
Responding to a post on X, Musk clarified, "We are not dating".
Further clearing the air, he clarified that he attended the party with his mother, Maye Musk.
"I was there with my Mom. There is no romantic relationship whatsoever with PM Meloni," Musk wrote on X.
Last December, Musk traveled to Rome for Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) party jamboree 'Atreju', which took place before Christmas.
We invited Elon Musk because Elon Musk is a person who has things to say, who is relevant in the current context, also on the topic of artificial intelligence.". You will know that Elon Musk, one of those responsible for the development of artificial intelligence, has asked for a moratorium on the use of artificial intelligence precisely because he is a person who knows it better than us and who can help you on this, " Meloni said while justifying the invitation to Musk.
When the UK prime minister Rishi Sunak attended the convention, Musk then advised Italians to boost the low birth rate in the country.
"I would advise all your governments and citizens, make sure you have children, produce a new generation," he had said.
Meanwhile, Meloni also made a first telephone call last night to the President-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump, in order to congratulate him for having won the election.
The conversation, Meloni's office said, gave the opportunity to confirm the solid alliance, strategic partnership and deep and long-standing friendship that have always connected Rome and Washington.
In the phone conversation, President Meloni and President-elect Donald J Trump confirmed readiness to be in close coordination on all the main international issues, beginning with the war in Ukraine and the Middle East crisis, with the common goal of fostering stability and security, also in the context of relations with the European Union,", according to a statement issued by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
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