United States President Donald Trump on Sunday evening shared a social media post featuring Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, reopening a recent dispute between the two leaders ahead of this week’s NATO Summit in Turkey.
Trump posted an image on Truth Social that shows Meloni looking up at the American President, with the words “restraining order needed” printed across the top.
The Italian Prime Minister has not yet publicly responded to the post, but some of her top officials were openly dismissive on Monday.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told an Italian news channel, “We are convinced that transatlantic relations go far beyond individual statements.” Interior Minister Matteo Salvini told reporters he “won’t comment on these things anymore.” Guido Crosetto, the nation’s Defense Minister, said he “didn’t react at all” to Trump’s post and that he was more focused on maintaining Italy’s relationship with a “vital ally like the U.S.”
"People come and go, but relationships remain," he said.
rekindles tensions between the two leaders that have been simmering for months. While Meloni, who is up for reelection in 2027, was once considered a close ally of the American President—and was even dubbed “Europe’s Trump Whisperer”—but has distanced herself from him in recent months.
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Things escalated last month, when Trump told an Italian broadcaster that Meloni “begged” him to take a photo with her during the G7 Summit—and that he only agreed to do so because he “felt sorry” for her.
He went on to criticize Meloni in a Truth Social post, saying, “She is doing poorly in Italy with her level of popularity, possibly because she turned down the United States of America, a Country that truly loves and protects Italy, when it came to denying Iran from obtaining or developing a Nuclear Weapon.”
“She wouldn’t even let us use Italy’s landing strips or runways, a great logistical inconvenience, and this despite the fact the U.S. contributes hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year to protect Italy, and other ‘so-called’ NATO Allies,” he continued. “Now, after the United States defeated Iran militarily, she wants to be friends again in order to get her ‘numbers up.’ No thanks!!!”
Recent polling indicates that most Italians harbor negative feelings toward Trump and are concerned about the U.S.-Israel war in Iran.
Meloni fired back at Trump in a video she shared on X in June, saying that Trump’s comments “are completely fabricated” and that she was “stunned” by his behavior.
“I don’t know why the President of the United States behaves this way toward his own allies. After all, this isn’t the first time this has happened," she said. She did not specify what other instances she was referring to. Trump has previously lambasted leaders of other allied nations, including Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“There’s one thing he must remember: Italy and I do not beg,” Meloni continued in her video message last month.
Both Trump and Meloni are expected to travel to Ankara for the NATO Summit, which will take place July 7-8.
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