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Italian PM Meloni says she was ‘astonished’ by Trump claims that she ‘begged’ him for a photo - Europe live
Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani canceled his planned trip to the US in response to the ‘made up’ remarks
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Donald Trump, Friedrich Merz,and Giorgia Meloni at a working lunch with leaders of G7 Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Reuters/AP
Jakub Krupa
Fri 19 Jun 2026 08.03 EDT
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'Neither I nor Italy ever beg,' Meloni calls out Trump's 'made up' comments about G7 summit
Meanwhile,
a new transatlantic drama is emerging in Italy, after US president
Donald Trump told an Italian broadcaster that prime minister
Giorgia Meloni “begged” him for a picture on the sidelines of the G7 summit earlier this week.
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and US president Donald Trump during a family photo at the G7 summit in Evian, France. Photograph: Jacovides Dominique/ABACA/Shutterstock
Talking to the La7 broadcaster, Trump reportedly
said:
“She begged me to take a picture with her! She wanted a picture with me so badly. I wouldn’t have taken it, but I felt sorry for her.”
Extraordinarily,
Meloni immediately took to social media to respond, posting
a short video clip and saying “neither I nor Italy ever beg” anyone for anything.
The
Italian PM said she was “astonished” by “completely made up” claims by Trump.
“I don’t know why the president of the United States behaves like this towards his allies: it is not the first time. I can only say it is disappointing that he does not show the same determination with the enemies of the West and of the United States, whose leaders he instead treats with far greater indulgence.”
Italy’s foreign minister
Antonio Tajani also cancelled his planned trip to the US in response.
“The
serious and offensive words of president Trump towards prime minister Giorgia Meloni offend all of Italy. For this reason, I have decided to cancel my visit to the United States scheduled for the next 21 and 22 June,” he
said on X.
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