{"id":3162,"date":"2026-06-19T13:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3162"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:36:21","slug":"italian-foreign-minister-cancels-trip-to-us-over-trumps-comments-about-meloni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3162","title":{"rendered":"Italian foreign minister cancels trip to US over Trump\u2019s comments about Meloni"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Italy&#8217;s foreign minister canceled a planned trip to the United States following reported remarks made by President Donald Trump.<\/li>\n<li>Trump said Meloni had \u201cbegged\u201d him for a photo at the G7 summit, and he obliged because he felt sorry for her, according to an Italian translation of his comments posted by Italy\u2019s La7 TV.<\/li>\n<li>Meloni has said his comments are &#8220;completely fabricated&#8221; and that Italy never begs, marking another rift between the once-close leaders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            US President Donald Trump\u2019s comments to an Italian media outlet about the country\u2019s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have sparked a fresh diplomatic incident.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3158\">Technology is not the villain in \u2018Toy Story 5.\u2019 Excess is<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced Friday that he was canceling a planned trip to the United States, where he was slated to meet with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in response to Trump\u2019s reported remarks. Tajani called Trump\u2019s claims \u201coffensive,\u201d while Meloni said they were \u201ccompletely fabricated.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It is the latest dip in the deteriorating relationship between the once-close leaders and a further fracture between the US and its European allies, coming after signs of repair at the G7 summit this week in France.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In an interview with Italy\u2019s La7 TV, Trump claimed Meloni had \u201cbegged\u201d him for a photo at the summit, and he obliged because he felt sorry for her, according to a dubbed Italian translation posted by the outlet.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Meloni refuted the comments in a sharply worded video posted on Friday morning, saying they deserved \u201can immediate response.\u201d\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3148\">Why can\u2019t we just get rid of mosquitoes? One fed-up community is trying<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s statements are completely fabricated. I\u2019m frankly shocked. I don\u2019t know why the president of the United States behaves this way towards his own allies, and it\u2019s not the first time it\u2019s happened,\u201d she said in the video posted on X.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI can only say that it\u2019s a shame he doesn\u2019t have the same determination with the enemies of the West, with the enemies of the United States, with leaderships with which he instead appears much more accommodating,\u201d she continued.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni during a Bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday April 17, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-3161\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b7cf1aec2fd889b1674293d8b9ce3df2.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni during a Bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday April 17, 2025.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Demetrius Freeman\/The Washington Post\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Donald Trump\u2019s ire and Russian criticism are helping Giorgia Meloni at home<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>5  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cBut you must remember one thing: Italy and I never beg,\u201d Meloni said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Tajani was scheduled to come to the US early next week and attend the Italy-US Business, Investment, Science and Innovation Forum in Miami. According to a statement from the State Department, Rubio was slated to meet with his Italian counterpart \u201cto advance U.S.-Italy bilateral cooperation on economic security and critical minerals.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            CNN has reached out to the White House and US State Department for comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It is not the first spat between Trump and Meloni. Earlier this year, the right-wing Italian leader called Trump\u2019s criticisms of Pope Leo XIV over his opposition to the war against Iran \u201cunacceptable.\u201d Trump then criticized Meloni and Italy more broadly for what he said was a failure to sufficiently help the US in the conflict.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3126\">Why Republicans think they can save their House majority at the US-Mexico border<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump\u2019s comments to an Italian media outlet about the country\u2019s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have sparked a fresh diplomatic incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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