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Trump doubles down, insists Italy’s Meloni asked ‘over and over’ for picture at G7
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump insists that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni requested “over and over” for a photo with him at a G7 meeting earlier this week, further inflaming an extraordinary diplomatic dust up between the two allies.
“Meloni asked, over and over, for a picture with me during the G-7 meeting in France,” Trump writes on his Truth Social platform.
“She is doing poorly in Italy with her level of popularity, possibly because she turned down the United States of America, a Country that truly loves and protects Italy.”
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