Overview

• Speaking in Sharm el-Sheikh, President Trump paused his remarks to address Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, calling her “a beautiful young woman” and asking, “You don’t mind being called beautiful, right?”
• Trump framed the compliment as politically risky in the United States, saying such language could end a career, before adding that he would “take [his] chances.”
• Meloni was the only female leader among roughly 30 on stage as participants signed a declaration supporting peace efforts for Gaza.
• Accounts of Meloni’s response varied, with AFP noting her reaction was off camera while other outlets reported an audible laugh and brief smiles from nearby leaders.
• The summit followed a Trump-brokered deal credited with freeing the remaining living Israeli hostages and described as paving the way for a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, with documents signed by Trump, Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Qatar’s Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan.