The president’s attack contradicts the prime minister’s recent insistence that their relationship is as good as ever.
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With its low defense spending and trade surplus with America, Italy was always bound to clash with Trump. Their spat can now help…
With her popularity flagging and a general election looming, the Italian PM sees a strategic advantage in the rupture, says…
The Italian PM signals a ‘clean break’ by saying the US president lies and panders to enemies while turning on his friends.
"I don't know why the president of the United States behaves this way with his own allies," the far-right leader wrote on X.
Meloni was once seen as a close ally of Trump, but the relationship faltered last month when he told Italian TV channel La7 that…
