'Neither I nor Italy ever beg': Meloni says Trump made up story about photo

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'Neither I nor Italy ever beg': Giorgia Meloni rejects Trump's claim she begged for a photo – video

The Italian prime minister posted a video on X saying that Donald Trump's claim she begged him for a photo were 'completely made up'. The US president made the comment to Italy’s La7 after the G7 summit in France, saying: 'She wanted a picture with me so badly. I wouldn’t have taken it, but I felt sorry for her.' Italy PM Meloni ‘stunned’ by Trump’s claims she begged him for a photo Continue reading...

Trump and Italy's Giorgia Meloni used to be buds. But a rift is widening

"Italy and I do not beg," Meloni said in a video rebuke posted on social media Friday. Italy's top diplomat, meanwhile, said he was cancelling a visit to the U.S because of the alleged remarks.

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Italian minister cancels US trip after Trump claims Meloni begged him for photo

Italy’s foreign minister on Friday cancelled a visit to the United States over reported comments by US President Donald Trump that appeared to mock Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. “The grave and offensive words of President Trump … offend the whole of Italy,” Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who had been due to visit the US on Sunday and Monday, said on social media. Meloni said she was “stunned” by Trump’s comments to Italian channel La7 in which, according to a transcript provided by the...

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Italy : Meloni says Trump 'made up' story that she 'begged' him for photo

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Italian foreign minister cancels U.S. visit over Trump comments

Meloni said she was 'stunned' by Trump's comments to Italian channel La7 in which he said Meloni 'wanted a picture with me so badly'

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Meloni claps back at Trump’s begged-for-pic claim: ‘Italy and I never beg’

Outrage in Italy after Trump says Meloni 'begged' for photo op

Italy reacted angrily on Friday after reported comments by US President Donald Trump mocking Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, with the foreign minister cancelling a planned US visit. Meloni said she was “frankly stunned” by Trump’s comments to Italian channel La7. According to a written transcript of the phone interview provided to AFP by the network, he said Meloni “begged me for a picture” at the G7 summit this week and he agreed only because he “felt sorry for her”. He also suggested that Me...

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Italy's Meloni says Trump 'totally invented' story that she begged him for photo

Meloni said she was astonished by his comments, which were "completely made up." She also chided him for acting with far greater deference to the enemies of the West than he does towards old allies.

Italy’s Meloni says Trump fabricated story she ‘begged’ him for photo as top diplomat cancels US trip

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Italy’s Meloni says Trump ‘totally invented’ story that she begged him for photo

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused her one-time close ally Donald Trump of fabricating a story about her on Friday, after the U.S. President told an Italian TV channel that she had “begged” him to take a photo with her at a G7 summit. Meloni said she was “astonished” by his comments, which were “completely […]

Meloni accuses Trump of lying over photo claims

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has accused her one-time close ally Donald Trump of fabricating a story about her, after the US President told an Italian TV channel that she had "begged" him to ⁠take a photo with her at a G7 summit.

Outrage in Italy after Trump says Meloni 'begged' for photo op

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she was “frankly stunned” and rejected the US president’s claims as “made up.”

Meloni says Trump fabricated story she 'begged' for photo

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 19 - Premier Giorgia Meloni on Friday said US President Donald Trump's reported assertion that she begged him to have a photo with her during this week's G7 summit is false. "Donald Trump's declarations are completely fabricated," Meloni said in an Instagram post. "Frankly, I am stunned. "Italy and I never beg," she continued. "Some things deserve an immediate response. "I don't know why the US president behaves this way towards his allies. "It's not the first time it's hap...

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'Neither I nor Italy ever beg': Row as Meloni accuses Trump of lying about her wanting a photo

Italy’s foreign minister has cancelled a visit to the US over Trump’s “grave and offensive words”, which he said “offend the whole of Italy”.

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Italian Prime ​Minister Giorgia Meloni Shades Trump, Denies 'Begging' For G7 Snap

Italian Prime ​Minister Giorgia Meloni says President Trump is full of crap ... because there's no way she "begged" him for a photo together at the G7 summit, despite Trump's claim. The PM posted a video on social media expressing her…

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Italy's Meloni says Trump 'totally invented' story that she begged him for photo

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says he is cancelling planned visit to the United States next week

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Italy slams Trump over claim Meloni 'begged' for G7 photo

Italy's government pushed back forcefully against U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday after he claimed Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had 'begged' for a photograph with him d...

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Trump mocks Meloni over photo op; ‘Neither I nor Italy beg,’ PM fires back

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Italy’s Meloni says Trump ‘made up’ story that she ‘begged’ him for photo at G7

Italy's prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said she is astonished after President Donald Trump told Italian TV she had "begged" him for a picture with her, in comments that have provoked an open row between the two leaders.

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