Giorgia Meloni has accused Donald Trump of being too “accommodating” to the enemies of the west after he claimed the Italian prime minister had “begged” for photos with him, as the animosity between the two former allies deepens.
In a social media video published on Friday, Meloni — once one of Trump’s strongest allies in Europe — rejected the US president’s account of their encounter at the recent G7 summit, saying she was “frankly astonished” at a narrative she said was “completely fabricated”.
“I don’t know why the US president behaves this way towards his own allies,” she said. “It’s not the first time it’s happened. It is unfortunate that he does not have the same determination with the enemies of the west and with the enemies of the United States, with whose leaders he appears much more accommodating.”