i’m not sure it was for him. it was for the italian population imo. it let her look strong against trump (which as she said, her friendship was unpopular), told them that she sticks to international agreements even when it’s hard (ie morals over personal gain - despite the fact that she is both immoral and only values person gain), reiterate the popular stance against israel, and reiterates “italy first”

heck the whole thing is so absolutely good for both of them that it could have been set up