Donald Trump begins to Pope the funeral of Francesco in Rome and promises diplomatic progress
The President of the United States Donald TrumpHe started on Friday in Rome to participate in the funeral of Pope Francis, an event that they will meet leader all over the world. Before turning to the Marine One Presidential Elicopter in the gardens of the White House, Trump told the press that he will take advantage of the meeting to dialogue with “many foreign leaders” interested in strengthening ties to the United States.
“Let’s go to Rome, where we will participate in the funeral of Pope Francis. There will be a lot of interest because We will meet many foreign leaders What they want to meet. The commercial agreements are going very well, “said Trump, referring to Tariff negotiations This has led in recent months.
In addition, it highlighted progress in the main international negotiations. On Russia and Ukraine, he said that peace conversations showed progress, although He warned that the situation remains “very fragile”. He also highlighted positive progress in negotiations with Iran on his nuclear program.
Seating
The funeral, which will be held this Saturday in Plaza de San PedroThey will be attended by over 200,000 participants and 130 international delegations. According to the Vatican protocol, leader like Giorgia Meloni and Javier Milei, who represents the nations of the Pope, They will be in the front row.
In the second rowreserved for monarchs, Felipe VI and Queen Letizia if they sitaccompanied by other European sovereigns. Donald Trump, on behalf of the United States, will occupy a place in the third row, Next to the Spanish delegation, Following the alphabetical order of the countries established by the Vatican, which is governed by the French language.
The President of the United States will return to Washington Saturday evening, completing his first international trip of the second term, which was initially scheduled for May in Saudi Arabia.
Macron has already visited Francisco’s tomb
The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, He was accompanied by his wife Brigitte in Rome for the funeral and took advantage of their stay in the Italian capital to visit the chapel on the flames of Pope Francis in the Basilica of San Pedro. Both, completely dressed in blackThey stopped at the foot of the coffin of the Argentine pontiff.
