Italy PM calls for a return to normality with US after Trump spat
Tajani said the alliance with the United States is indispensable and warned the dispute should not become a lasting break.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced during an event in Rome that diplomatic relations with the United States must urgently return to normal following a highly publicized falling out between herself and President Donald Trump.
- The sharp diplomatic row erupted last Friday after Trump claimed in a television interview with Italy's La7 network that Meloni had desperately "begged" him for a photograph on the sidelines of the recent G7 summit in France.
- Meloni immediately retaliated with a viral social media video stating that neither she nor Italy ever begs, while also taking a direct jab at Trump by accusing him of being too accommodating toward the actual enemies of the West.
- The public spat caused widespread political fury across Italy, prompting Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani to completely cancel a high-profile, scheduled diplomatic visit to the United States in protest of the slight.
- Attempting to de-escalate the situation and repair transatlantic ties, Meloni explicitly stated on Tuesday that she has zero intention of continuing to fuel the dispute and wants to focus on stabilizing the historic alliance.
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The broken romance between Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni has sparked a nasty row. But it's about much more than a private matter when the US president and the Italian prime minister clash.
The Italian Prime Minister has resisted Donald Trump's attacks unusually clearly. Meloni is likely to have calculated her reaction precisely, since the public dispute with the US President carries considerable risks.
The recent history is full of cases that prove it, for this Meloni does not want to exaggerate to take it out on Trump
A more acidic comment from the Italian Defense Minister summing up the atmosphere in Rome after the telenovela "divorce" between Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni. They asked him this week if he would go to the 4th of July reception at the US embassy in Rome. Guido Crosetto answered with another question: "When is it? What day?" They told him that on Thursday. "If I have time, I will go," he replied. He finished: "The burgers are always very rich.…
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lrytas.ltItalian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she sees no threat to relations between Italy and the United States, despite a recent public spat with President Donald Trump.
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