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Italy’s top diplomat cancels US trip as Meloni slams Trump’s claim she ‘begged’ for a photo with him

Meloni called Trump’s claim fabricated and Italy’s foreign minister canceled a planned U.S. trip after the dispute escalated into a diplomatic rift.

  • Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni denied US President Donald Trump's claim that she begged for a photo with him at the G7 summit, calling the remarks completely made up.
  • Meloni criticized Trump for being tougher on allies than on adversaries, stating that neither she nor Italy ever beg.
  • Following Trump's remarks, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani canceled his planned visit to the US, stating that Trump's words offended all of Italy.
  • The incident caused a diplomatic rift, with Meloni's party and other Italian officials condemning Trump's remarks as offensive.
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For once, no curvatures, crumbling smiles, snake swallowed as if nothing had happened. Giorgia Meloni was said to be "dismayed", this Friday, by the "totally invented" statements.

·France
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Lean Left

The head of the Italian government fulmin: her counterpart and supposed ideological partner claimed that she had "supplied" it to appear in a photo with him, at the diplomatic summit in Evian.

·Paris, France
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Lean Right

Donald Trump has sparked a minor diplomatic crisis between the US and Italy after he claimed to Italian media that Giorgia Meloni "begged" him for a photo during the G7 summit. The Italian foreign minister has since canceled an upcoming visit to the US, while Meloni herself is responding.

·Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lean Right

Giorgia Meloni was the only European leader invited when Donald Trump was inaugurated as president.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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TV Azteca broke the news on Friday, June 19, 2026.
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