In April 2025, posts with a quote from the US President dispersed on the network - he allegedly stated that the United States and Italy became partners in ancient times. We checked the reliability of such publications.

The alleged statement of Donald Trump spread widely on social networks on April 6. Internet users wrote that, according to the US President, Italy and America are connected by partnerships since ancient Rome. A photograph of the translator is often attached to the quote, which at that moment allegedly sat next to Trump and whose face expressed extreme surprise and even discontent. Viral publications are accompanied by signatures like "the reaction of the translator speaks for herself."

Similar posts appeared in the Telegram channel "Cotton swamp"(187,000 views at the time of writing this analysis), War Zone (14,000), "Minister of the NKVDV"(7000) and others, but steel in social networks are especially popular X And Facebook.

A woman from a viral photo is the name of Elizabeth Savigny Ulman. She Born In Italy, but he has been living in Washington for a long time, where she worked as a translator of all the latest US presidents: Bill Clinton, George Bush - the youngest, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. In 2021, she already attracted the attention of the media and users of social networks, which distributed Her photos and videos from the meeting of Bayden with Pope Francis in the Vatican. Then on the network celebrated The smile of the translator and Compared Her facial expressions with the opposite reaction when working with Trump. As an illustration, Internet users posted the same Ulman's photos with a politician who again became popular in the context of the alleged statement about the partnership of the United States and Italy. This suggests that at least the pictures are not related to the current, second term of Trump.

Reverse search by the image in Google showed that the first photographs of the surprised Ulman appeared on the network Back in 2019. In the upper left corner of one of the viral photos, the News Now logo is noticeable - so It used to be called One of the news divisions Fox. On October 16, 2019, the TV channel posted on YouTube video With the press conference of Trump and President Italy Sergio Mattarell, who arrived in Washington on an official visit. The angle from which the shooting is carried out coincides with a photo from a viral collage. Trump and translator are dressed in the same clothes, so the screenshot is most likely made when viewing this broadcast.

Screenshot from video On the Livenow From Fox YouTube channel

For the entire 25-minute video, Trump did not mention the centuries-old partnerships with Italy or ancient Rome. He mainly spoke about the modern foreign policy of the United States, the importance of cooperation in economics, defense and the fight against terrorism. The Ulman reaction remains the same throughout the video, regardless of what Trump is talking about. The translator carefully listens to the president and records in the notebook. This suggests that she was unlikely to be perplexed or disgusted with the president’s words - most likely, she was simply concentrated.

Official visits to the White House usually include a short meeting in the oval office for protocol statements (it was she who got to the video with Ulman), negotiations closed to journalists and a final press conference. Video with Trump's statements after negotiations with Mattarella published On the verified page of its previous administration on the social network X, and there the politician really mentions ancient Rome. The phrase of the US president in Russian is completely like this: “The United States and Italy connects the general cultural and political heritage, which has thousands of years and that has been rooted in ancient Rome. For centuries, the Italian people gave our civilization magnificent works of art, achievements in science, philosophy, architecture and music. On Monday, we paid tribute to the Italian researcher, who led the trip to the New World, a gentleman known as Christopher Columbus. And for me this day will always be called Columbus Day. Someone does not like it, but I like it. "

Source: @Whitehouse45 / X

Apparently, the beginning of this phrase became the basis for further manipulations, although Trump did not talk about partnerships with Italy for more than 2000 years, he only noted the general cultural heritage of the two countries, leaving the roots during ancient Rome. In addition, at that moment there was no translator from viral photos next to him.

The distorted quote Trump first spread on the network already in October 2019, immediately after the press conference. Then Internet users actively published photos of Ulman, in which the words of the US president allegedly caused surprise and even indignation. Her colleagues had to Explain: The translator was simply focused on her work. Another round of distribution of pictures in combination with a quote attributed to Trump. December 2024.

In April 2025, a new wave of similar posts began with the English -language segment of the social network X. Viralnaya was the publication of the user @olenarohoza, placed April 5 and gaining 8 million views. The description of the profile says that he belongs to the wife of a Ukrainian military who lost both legs during hostilities. At the same time, the user publishes the same type of posts with questions likeDo you support Zelensky? Yes or not" or "Is Russia a terrorist state? Yes or not", Repeating them with slightly different formulations. In addition, content comes out very often and with small intervals, which may indicate automated activity. Now, when switching to this page, it is reported that the actions of its owner are limited due to unusual activity.

Thus, Trump did not say that the United States and Italy have been allies since the time of ancient Rome. This is a substantially distorted version of his statement about cultural ties between the two countries. A photograph of the translator, who attributes an unusual reaction to these words of the US president, was made a few hours before he pronounced them.

Photo on the cover: Flickr / Trump White House Archved