The president’s attack contradicts the prime minister’s recent insistence that their relationship is as good as ever.
Far-right general upends Italian politics
Ahead of next year’s election, Meloni has to decide whether to embrace firebrand ex-paratrooper Roberto Vannacci.
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Ahead of next year’s election, Meloni has to decide whether to embrace firebrand ex-paratrooper Roberto Vannacci.
"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.
"Italy and I do not beg," Meloni said in a video rebuke posted on social media Friday. Italy's top diplomat, meanwhile, said he…
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Trump, as self-obsessed as ever, has now sparked a diplomatic crisis with Italy.
