Meloni furious after Trump's words: "Completely fabricated"
"She wanted to take a picture with me so badly".
Donald Trump's claims about Giorgia Meloni make Italy see red.
- Neither I nor Italy beg - ever, says the Italian Prime Minister himself.
The words from US President Donald Trump came during an interview with Italian La7, after the two leaders met in Geneva, Switzerland.
- She asked me to take a picture with her! She wanted to take a picture with me so badly. I wouldn't have taken it, but I felt sorry for her, he said of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Cancelling US trip
Trump's comments have not been well received in Italy. In a video posted on X, Meloni calls the claims "completely fabricated".
- I don't know why the US president behaves like this towards his allies - it's not the first time, she says and continues:
- I can only say that it is disappointing that he does not show the same determination towards the enemies of the West and the US, whose leaders he instead treats with much greater goodwill.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announces that he is canceling a planned trip to the US.
"President Trump's serious and offensive statements about Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni are an insult to all of Italy. For this reason, I have decided to cancel my visit to the US, which was scheduled for June 21-22," he writes on X.
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