Morning headlines were divided between the escalating Middle East crisis, as President Trump dispatched the USS Gerald R. Ford to the region, and the domestic fallout over the justice referendum. Editorial attention focused on the confrontation between Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri and Justice Minister Nordio, following Gratteri’s claims regarding the influence of Masons and defendants on the vote.
By early afternoon, the narrative shifted to the Munich Security Conference, where German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared the end of the post-war order and a definitive rupture between the EU and the US 'MAGA' culture. This geopolitical shift coincided with the Milano-Cortina Olympics, where Michela Moioli’s bronze medal and the reinstatement of biathlete Rebecca Passler after a doping suspension provided a patriotic counter-narrative.
In the evening, focus turned to President Trump’s pragmatic foreign policy as he granted Eni and other oil majors licenses for Venezuela, while simultaneously calling for regime change in Iran. Domestically, editors highlighted Minister Salvini’s injunction against transport strikes to protect the Olympic games.
