Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani canceled his U.S. visit after President Donald Trump claimed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni begged him for a picture with her.
“She’s probably happy I talked to her. I didn’t have to talk to her,” Trump said. “She begged me to take a picture with her. She wanted a picture with me so badly. I wouldn’t have taken it, but I felt sorry for her.”
Meloni denied she made the request: “Donald Trump’s statements are completely made up. I am frankly astonished. I don’t know why the president of the United States behaves like this towards his allies: it is not the first time, moreover.”
Tajani wrote on X:
The serious and offensive words of President Trump towards Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni offend all of Italy. For this reason, I have decided to cancel my visit to the United States scheduled for the next 21 and 22 June.
Look, I know we Italians are dramatic, but come on. All of this because Trump supposedly lied about a picture request? Was it over the claim that Meloni was happy he spoke to her?
Either way, I cannot even.
Meloni and Trump’s relationship soured in April when the president criticized Pope Leo after he condemned the American attacks on Iran.
Meloni rushed to the pope’s defense, describing Trump’s comments as “unacceptable.”
The defense did not please Trump, who responded, “I’m shocked at her. I thought she had courage, but I was wrong.”
[Featured image via X]
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