Silvio Berlusconi: How the former Italian PM changed Italy
A media mogul and a populist politician, the former Italian PM had an outsized impact on his country. …
Quick as a flash, he said to me: “Don’t shake hands so strongly! Men will be frightened of you, and no one is going to marry you!” When I replied, suggesting a firm handshake was a good thing, he smiled and said he was only joking: “You’ve got to joke every once in a while.”