On his nine-day trip, Mr. Trump has hit most, if not all, of the notes he wanted to on a broad range of issues: defeating the Islamic State, isolating Iran, linking symbolically three of the world’s great religions against terrorism, challenging the Muslim world to shut off the financing of extremism, promoting Middle East peace talks and confronting Western allies to get serious about their own security.
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Alberto Mingardi, director general of the Bruno Leoni Institute, a libertarian think tank in Milan, said Mr. Trump’s visit to Italy was viewed as “pretty regular.”
“It well may be because we have all been busy in thinking about the terrible [terrorist attack] in Manchester, but I don’t think President Trump’s first visit in Italy made a big impression on people,” Mr. Mingardi said. “He did not say anything that outraged people, as even those less friendly toward the president should admit. All in all, I think the visit was not really different than the ones of his predecessors.”
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