๐บ๐ธ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐น๐ช๐บ Major political clash between Italy and the United States.
In a call to an Italian TV programme, @realDonaldTrump has claimed that @GiorgiaMeloni "begged" him to take a picture with her during the recent G7 summit.
Meloni has just delivered one of the sharpest public rebukes in recent US-Italy relations:
"President Trump's words are pure fantasy [...].
We do not understand why the President of the United States behaves like this, especially towards allies. We would like to see him behave as firmly with the enemies of the West [...].
Myself and Italy do not beg anybody."
Whatever one's political preferences, the President of the United States has no business publicly mocking or insulting the democratically elected leader of a close European ally.
President Trump's childish and needlessly confrontational behaviour is unworthy of the office he holds and of the great nation he represents.
So the ballroom is a fiasco, the reflecting pool is a fiasco, the Iran war is a fiascoโthe Trump administration is a fiasco.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.