Tuesday, June 7, 2026 - Italy on Monday, July 6, criticized US President Donald Trump’s latest social media attack on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ahead of this week’s NATO summit.
Trump on Sunday published a doctored image on his Truth
Social platform showing Meloni looking at him as if adoringly in a post
accompanied by the words: “Restraining Order Needed”.
“People come
and go but relations must endure,” Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto told
the news channel Sky TG24.
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani also said he was “sure that
transatlantic relations go well beyond individual comments”. Meloni did not
respond personally.
She was targeted by Trump last month after the G7 summit
where he said that Meloni had “begged” him for a photo opportunity and that he
only agreed because he “felt sorry for her”.
He also accused Meloni of trying to repair relations with
Washington for domestic political reasons after Italy failed to support US
action against Iran.
“These
constant, unprovoked attacks are senseless”, she said at the time.“Being your
friend certainly has not helped” her popularity, she said, adding: “I suggest
you focus on yours”.
Far-right leader Meloni had positioned herself as a European
leader able to mediate between Europe and Trump but has increasingly distanced
herself from him.
Trump has been highly critical of European NATO countries
ahead of this week’s meeting in Ankara of the 32-country alliance.
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