So, did Vance end up getting booed at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony? Why yes, yes he did!

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29. Meloni and Tajani played it off like it was no big deal

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The mayor of Milan (on the left) was vocally opposed. Meloni was actually more of an asskisser with Vance than usual today:

i Ci siamo incontrati col vicepresidente l'ultima volta a Roma in occasione dell'inaugurazione del papato di papa Leone e oggi ci incontriamo di nuovo per la cerimonia inaugurale delle Olimpiadi. Sono due eventi che raccontano un sistema di valori che tengono insieme Europa e Stati Uniti, che tengono insieme l'Occidente, che è alla base ovviamente della nostra cooperazione, della nostra amicizia e del futuro che vogliamo costruire insieme"

We met with the Vice President last time in Rome on the occasion of the installation to the papacy of Pope Leo, and today we meet again for the opening ceremony of the Olympics. They are two events that speak to a system of values that Europe and the United States hold in common (we hold together), that the West holds in common, that is the clear basis of our cooperation, of our friendship, and of the future that we want to build together."

There's a lot of code in this statement: to associate the papacy with Europe is odd, but it's part of Meloni's brand of Euro-supremacist Catholicism. But to associate the Olympics with "the West" (l'Occidente) is more open white supremacy than Meloni usually goes in for in public. That she's comfortable doing this white supremacist dance in front of Vance tells you everything you need to know about that clown.