G7 summit in France

Trump repeats claim about Meloni: “She asked time and time again”

Donald Trump is once again attacking Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, claiming that she repeatedly asked to take a picture with him during the G7 meeting – a claim that Meloni had previously denied in sharp terms on Friday.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump writes:

“Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked time and time again to take a picture with me during the G7 meeting in France.”

He goes on to claim that Meloni is doing badly at home and that her poll numbers show it.

“Now, after the US defeated Iran, she wants to be friends again to get her poll numbers up. No thanks!!!” 

Meloni to Trump: Focus on your own numbers

Donald Trump continues to claim that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni begged and asked to take a picture with him during the G7 summit in France in order to boost her approval ratings.

As on Friday, Meloni is not impressed by Trump's statements.

- President Trump, these constant unprovoked attacks are pointless. My popularity is none of your business. I suggest you focus on your own approval ratings, she said in a statement according to Reuters.

Relations between the United States and Italy have deteriorated since the war with Iran, after Italy did not allow the United States to use Italian bases for attacks on the country.

Meloni was previously seen as one of Trump's closest allies in Europe, but the relationship between the two leaders now appears to have deteriorated sharply.

As a result of Trump's statements about the G7 meeting on Friday, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani canceled a planned visit to the United States.