Photos sent by the office of the far-right prime minister early Sunday showed Meloni and Trump posing at the entrance to Mar-a-Lago and chatting in a reception room, a Christmas tree visible in the background.
According to US journalists present, Trump called Meloni "a fantastic woman."
"She's really taken Europe by storm, and everyone else, and we're just having dinner tonight," Trump said.
According to US media, the two dined and watched the film "The Eastman Dilemma: Lawfare or Justice," a documentary about a lawyer who was charged for trying to overturn the 2020 election results in favor of Trump.