ROME As President Donald Trump makes his Italian debut in meetings with Pope Francis and government leaders on Wednesday, many Italians can already express their impression of the new U.S. president with a single word: pazzo.

People think hes a little crazy, said Benedetta Alabardi, a pharmacist whose store sits a few hundred yards from St. Peters Square.

The first impression is that hes crazy and dangerous, said Orasti Gionti, a project manager for a telecommunications consulting company, who allowed for the possibility that Trumps outrageous statements were an act. Maybe hes tricky.

Fruit vendor Chowdhury Rafiquizzaman saw no need for any such qualifier.

He is crazy, he said. Not only crazy, he is very crazy.