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US ambassador's $450 million 'floating embassy' heads for protests in Italy

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Backlash is growing in Venice over a tour of Italy by a U.S. ambassador traveling on a 384-foot superyacht that outlets are calling a "floating embassy."  The trip, billed as "Coastal Diplomacy 250," is intended to highlight the relationship between the United States and Italy. Critics, though, see it as an extravagant display of billionaire wealth arriving in one of the world's most historic cities. What happened? On June 14, Tilman Fertitta — …

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VENICE – The 117-meter-long banner needs no explanation, just like the yacht of US Ambassador Tilman J. Fertitta, which will dock in Venice on July 17th to watch the Redentore fires. "Venice is not for the USA – No war, fuck Trump, fuck Fertitta," activists from Laboratoriooccupato Morion wrote on the sheet […] The article "Venice is not for the USA": the protest in Venice against the arrival of Ambassador Fertitta's mega yacht comes from Il Fat…

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thecooldown.com broke the news on Friday, July 3, 2026.
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