The public feud between US President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni escalated on Saturday, with the Italian PM delivering a sharp response after Trump renewed claims that she repeatedly asked him for a photograph during the recent G7 summit.

Trump, as self-obsessed as ever, has now sparked a diplomatic crisis with Italy.

"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…