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Italian foreign minister cancels trip to US over Trump’s comments about Meloni

Italian foreign minister cancels trip to US over Trump’s comments about Meloni

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During a La7 TV interview, Trump claimed that Italian Prime Minister Meloni had begged him for a photo at the G7 summit, a claim he said he complied with out of pity, according to a dubbed Italian translation posted by the outlet. In response, Italy’s foreign minister cancelled a scheduled trip to the United States.

Donald Trump
Republican Party
1. I don't want her as a fan because she was not there – along with the NATO group – having to do with the Strait.
2. 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.
3. Meloni asked, over and over, for a picture with me during the G-7 meeting in France.
4. I'm shocked at her. I thought she had courage, but I was wrong.
5. She's probably happy I talked to her. I didn't have to talk to her.
Giorgia Meloni
Brothers of Italy
1. There is one thing he should remember: neither I nor Italy ever beg.
2. 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.
3. Donald Trump's statements are completely made ⁠up. I am frankly 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.
4. Donald Trump's statements are completely fabricated. I am frankly stunned.
Carlo Nordio
Brothers of Italy
1. The thousands of crosses marking the graves of American soldiers who died to free us from Nazi-Fascist dictatorship did not deserve such a painful blow to our fraternal ties.
Guido Crosetto
Italian Defense Ministry
1. I can't imagine @GiorgiaMeloni asking anyone for a photo, not even under threat.
2. Jokes of this kind do no good to anyone: neither to the USA, nor to Italy, nor to the alliance.
3. I can, however, imagine how much it cost her to set aside what Trump had said weeks ago, to serve the interests of Italy, of Europe, and of the West.
Antonio Tajani
Forza Italia
1. 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.
2. The serious and offensive words of president Trump towards prime minister Giorgia Meloni offend the whole of Italy.
Giovanbattista Fazzolari
Fratelli d'Italia party
1. With his inappropriate outbursts, he has managed ‌no easy feat, to make the United States unpopular across the entire European continent, damaging not only Europe but above all the United States.
2. It is unclear whether out of intent or ineptitude [Trump] is wrecking the historic relations between the United States and Europe.
Luigi Marattin
Liberal Democractic Party
1. When a foreign head of state, an unworthy pro-tempore representative of a nation that is a bulwark of dignity, freedom, and democracy, insults our Prime Minister, politics must react united. It is not a matter of right, left, or centre. But of national dignity. Right (or left) or wrong, it's my country. Solidarity from the Liberal Democratic Party to Giorgia Meloni.
Lorenzo Castellani
Luiss Guido Carli University
1. In some ways this was a favor to Giorgia Meloni, in the sense that she was accused until a few months ago of being a sort of Trump's vassal in Europe.

Italian foreign minister cancels trip to US over Trump’s comments about Meloni

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