FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/ITALY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will host Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the White House on Oct. 16, the White House said on Friday [10-11-19]. The two leaders will ‘celebrate the strong and enduring historical ties between the United States and Italy, which underpin our bilateral relationship,’ the White House said. The Italian president plays a mainly ceremonial role and usually stays out of day-to-day politics.”
–Reuters Staff, “rump to host Italian President Mattarella at the White House on Thursday,” Reuters, October 11, 2019 5:25 pm