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President Donald Trump publicly attacked Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday, accusing Rome of denying American forces access to Italian air bases during the U.S.
military campaign against Iran and suggesting she now seeks rapprochement only to improve her domestic approval ratings.
Meloni rejected the characterization within hours, telling Trump on Instagram that her popularity depends on defending Italy's national interest — not on his goodwill.
Trump's Truth Social Broadside In a Saturday morning Truth Social post, Trump claimed Meloni "asked, over and over" for a photograph with him at the G7 Summit in France this week — an assertion Meloni flatly denied to Reuters on Friday, calling it "completely made up." Trump then broadened the attack, faulting Italy for not permitting U.S.
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