Meloni 'stunned' by Trump's comment she 'begged' for photo
Key takeaways
- Donald Trump's declarations are completely fabricated," Meloni said in a video statement posted on X.
- I don't know why the US president behaves this way towards his own allies, after all, this isn't the first time this has happened," Meloni said.
- "But the is one thing he must remember, Italy and I do not beg," the Italian prime minister said.
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
Donald Trump's comments that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni "begged for a picture" have elicited a furious response from Rome. Meloni said she was "stunned."
https://p.dw.com/p/5Fjt QItalian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she was "frankly stunned" by US President Donald Trump's comments about 'begging' for a photograph Image: Christian Hartmann/REUTERSAdvertisement Italy has responded with fury following comments made by US President Donald Trump in which he said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni "begged me for a picture" at the G7 summit.
Meloni took to social media on Friday to set the record straight and said she was "frankly stunned" after Trump made the comments to Italian channel La7.