The indiscretion comes from Gesso and it couldn’t be otherwise. From the buildings, however, no confirmation, but not even a denial. The White House is reportedly planning a trip for the Biden family to Messina to visit the places of origin of the wife of the president of the United States, Jill Tracy Jacobs. An event that would make Plasterthe village perched on the Peloritani, the natural set of an international story and event.
The confidentiality of the institutions is almost absolute but some confirmation has filtered out indirectly. Meanwhile, the period should be the first ten days of December and the visit should take place during the morning. However, it is difficult to say whether the American first lady will be alone or whether with her there will also be President Biden who will leave his seat in the Oval Room on January 20th to the newly elected Donald Trump.
Some meetings for logistics and safety management have already taken place in recent days and others are scheduled soon. From Palazzo Zanca comes a laconic “no confirmation and no denial”, a formula that leaves room for any interpretation while waiting for the Prefecture or the American embassy to confirm or not.
«Yesterday morning I was contacted by some emissaries from the US embassy and here we are seen in Gesso – reveals Tonino Macrì, president of the cultural association “Gesso la Perla dei Peloritani” who, together with Antonio Federico and Mario Sarica, “discovered” the “ibbisote” origins of the wife of the president of the USA –. There were five of us with a translator and we talked about how the visit could be organized. I understand that the president may also be there but obviously everything is still to be defined. For us it would be a dream come true. We invited the first lady 4 years ago and now it looks like she might accept. We hope it can materialize.”
The security machine, with or without Joe Biden, will have already made all the necessary assessments and it would be impressive. Also considering the isolated position of Gesso. These are visits which, even if they are on the agenda today, cannot necessarily be confirmed until the day before the appointment. Certainly the maximum attention is already there in both the Prefecture and the Police Headquarters. But only the green light from Washington will be able to trigger all the necessary security activities.
While waiting to have, therefore, the necessary confirmations, it is necessary to remember that, according to the most recent genealogical reconstruction, that of the professional Fabio Cardile, from Catania of Messina origins, Domenico Giacoppo, grandfather of Jill Jacobs (anglicized surname) was the son of Gaetano (born certainly in Sicily in around 1856, emigrated to the United States in around 1886 and died in New Jersey in 1943) and by Concetta Scaltrito (certainly born in Gesso on 2 January 1865, then emigrated from the port of Naples on 20 November 1889). One of the very distant relatives of the first lady, Caterina Giacoppo, 68, in 2020, when the origins emerged, invited Mrs Biden to lunch to let her taste the typical Messina dishes. Who knows, he might have to start cooking.