The ‘worst thing’: Meloni interpreter apologizes after stumble at White House

"I'm sorry above all because I couldn't be of any help," the interpreter said, adding that something like this has never happened to her before in her career.

It seemed to be harmonious between Trump and Meloni on Thursday. Meloni's interpreter provided a brief incident. Now the translator explains the Patzer.

An experienced interpreter got the headlines when visiting Giorgia Meloni at the Oval Office. She lost track of it when she met Donald Trump.

At the meeting of US President Donald Trump with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the translator lost the thread in front of running cameras, causing a stir. Meloni saved her.

»What has happened is the worst«: Valentina Maiolini-Rothbacher is regarded as an experienced translator. But at the meeting of the Italian head of government with the US president she lost the thread.

There are usually interpreters at international meetings. Mostly nobody perceives them - except if something goes wrong. Like the meeting of Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump in Washington.