Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani abruptly canceled a planned trip to the U.S., calling Trump's claims "serious and offensive" toward Meloni and Italy.

Trump reportedly claimed that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “begged” for a photo with him at France’s G7 summit this week.

"Italy and I do not beg," Meloni said in a video rebuke posted on social media Friday. Italy's top diplomat, meanwhile, said he was cancelling a visit to the U.S because of the…