US President-elect Donald Trump described Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as “a real live wire” and said meeting her at the reopening of the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Sunday was “great” in an interview to the New York Post.

Trump, 78, told the Post that his meet-and-greet with Meloni was “great” and that the Italian premier had “a lot of energy”.

“I was with her a lot”, Trump also said of the Italian premier, telling the publication that they dined together during a 60-member world leader reception.

“We get along great”, Trump was also quoted as saying by the New York Post.

The Republican added that the group of world leaders at the reopening of the Parisian landmark five years after it was gutted by fire was a “similar group” from four years ago when he was last in the White House and he hoped they could “straighten out the world a little bit”, the publication said.