The “Freedom 250 Coastal Diplomacy tour” that the American ambassador to Italy Tilman Fertitta undertook to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States Constitution, and the controversies it sparked, make the front page of the European edition of the Financial Times.
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The article, titled “Port in storm: the US diplomat’s yacht irritates Italy,” recalls that the superyacht docked yesterday in Venice as part of a two-month “coastal diplomacy” tour that will touch 13 Italian cities and seaside resorts. Fertitta, whose billionaire empire includes the Houston Rockets basketball team, is inviting political, economic, and military leaders to visit him on the Boardwalk, which features a swimming pool, a mini-golf course, and helipads.
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But, the article recalls, the tour has sparked protests due to the huge security operation paid for by Italian taxpayers, at a time when President Donald Trump has launched verbal attacks on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The article then cites Valentino Valentini, Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, who “did not provide an estimate of the cost of the security operation, but stated that Rome is obliged, under the Vienna Convention, to guarantee the security, freedom, and dignity of foreign ambassadors in Italy, also through ‘the provision of a special guard’ if necessary.”
The FT also explains that Fertitta and the US embassy in Rome have not publicly commented on the criticisms, and that the US State Department did not respond to a request for comment, but recalls that yesterday the ambassador’s arrival was met with protests in Venice.
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