President Donald Trump once again mocked Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for allegedly asking him over and over again for a picture at the G7 Summit in France this week, before slamming her for not doing enough to support the U.S.war in Iran."Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked, over and over, for a picture with me during the G-7 meeting in France," Trump posted on Truth Social on Saturday morning, reiterating what he told an Italian outlet on Friday.Meloni told Reuters on Friday that Trump "completely made up" this claim and that she was "astonished.""I don't know why the president of the United States behaves like this towards his allies: it is not the first time, moreover," she said.RUBIO MEETS MELONI AS TRUMP-POPE CLASH ESCALATES US STRAINS WITH KEY EUROPEAN ALLYPresident Donald Trump's feud with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has escalated amid fallout from the G7 Summit and Iran war.
(Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)In his social media post, Trump went on to criticize Meloni for failing to assist the U.S.when the war in Iran was in full swing several months ago."She is doing poorly in Italy with her level of popularity, possibly because she turned down the United States of America, a Country that truly loves and protects Italy, when it came to denying Iran from obtaining or developing a Nuclear Weapon (But so did NATO, for that matter!)," he wrote.Trump added that he was frustrated with Meloni for not letting U.S.
forces use Italy's landing strips and runways, calling it "a great logistical inconvenience."Italy denied the use of an air base in Sicily to U.S.warplanes that were carrying weapons that would be used in the campaign against Iran, The Guardian reported in March.President Donald Trump meets with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on April 17, 2025.
Italy denied the use of an air base in Sicily to U.S.warplanes that were carrying weapons that would be used in ...