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From: Bwana
Trump , a quip too far ! Italian deputy prime minister and foreign minister Antonio Tajani has cancelled a trip to the United States after Donald Trump allegedly made “serious and offensive” remarks about prime minister Giorgia Meloni. The world leaders met at the G7 summit in the French Alps this week and appeared to be cordial. However, according to a transcript by Italian channel La7, Trump is reported to have said that Meloni “wanted a picture with me so badly” and that he agreed only because he “felt sorry for her”. Trump is reported to have said that the Italian prime minister may be “happy that I talked to her, I didn’t have to talk to her”. Tajani was due to visit the US for a high-profile trip scheduled for 21 June. In the aftermath of the row, he announced on Friday that he had cancelled the visit. “The serious and offensive words of President Trump towards Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni offend all of Italy,” he wrote in a post on X. “For this reason, I have decided to cancel my visit to the United States scheduled for the next 21 and 22 June.” Meloni said that Trump’s experience was “made up”, saying: “Neither I nor Italy ever beg”. She said she was left “stunned” by the comments. “I don't know why the president of the United States behaves this way with his own allies,” the right wing leader said in a video posted on X in response to the report. “I can only say that it's a pity he doesn't show the same determination with enemies of the West, with enemies of the United States, with leaders with whom, instead, he is far more accommodating.” Former prime minister and Italian senator Matteo Renzi called the comments “horrifying Edited on 21/06/2026 at 10:44:17.

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Trump , a quip too far ! Italian deputy prime minister and foreign minister ... [more]	Bwana	10:42:01
>> All the other leaders were jostling to get next to him throughout the G7. He only ... [more]	Hamsterwheel	11:46:09

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