{"id":16342,"date":"2026-06-19T16:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T16:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16342"},"modified":"2026-06-19T16:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T16:03:09","slug":"meloni-slams-trumps-claim-she-begged-for-a-photo-with-him-as-italys-top-diplomat-cancels-us-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16342","title":{"rendered":"Meloni slams Trump\u2019s claim she \u2018begged\u2019 for a photo with him as Italy\u2019s top diplomat cancels US trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p><strong>By NICOLE WINFIELD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ROME (AP) \u2014 The Italian government closed ranks on Friday to slam U.S. President Donald Trump over his claim that Premier Giorgia Meloni had \u201cbegged\u201d for a photo with him during the recent G7 summit, a pushback that suggested the longtime U.S. ally had had enough of Trump\u2019s boasting.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16335\">Celebrating its Class of 2026\u2019s graduation, UCI awards nearly 11,200 degrees<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani abruptly canceled a planned trip to the United States this weekend, calling Trump\u2019s claims \u201cserious and offensive\u201d toward Meloni and all of Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Meloni for her part posted a video calling Trump\u2019s claims \u201ccompletely fabricated\u201d and expressing astonishment that he would invent such things about an ally. She concluded: \u201cItaly and I do not beg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump had made the comments in an interview broadcast Friday morning on the La7 network. The La7 correspondent had asked Trump about Ukraine, but Trump raised Meloni and the conversation turned to their meeting during the just-concluded G7 meeting in Evian-les-Bains, France. Meloni and Trump were filmed speaking at several moments, including alone on a small sofa.<\/p>\n<p>According to La7, Trump said Meloni had \u201cbegged\u201d him for a photo-op. Trump said he wasn\u2019t obliged to do it but that he felt sorry for her and agreed, La7 said. The broadcaster has a dubbed version of the conversation online, not the original English audio.<\/p>\n<div><ul><div><div><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks with Italian Prime Minister...\" class=\"wp-image-16337\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/aea0f5b41a8c089cd2d7ac969c529f80-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/aea0f5b41a8c089cd2d7ac969c529f80-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/aea0f5b41a8c089cd2d7ac969c529f80-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/aea0f5b41a8c089cd2d7ac969c529f80-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/aea0f5b41a8c089cd2d7ac969c529f80-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/aea0f5b41a8c089cd2d7ac969c529f80.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, second left, after a group photo of G7 leaders and invited nations during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks with French President Emmanuel...\" class=\"wp-image-16338\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/385d2eca4ffd6698bd05b500d5401d0e-683x1024.webp\" width=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/385d2eca4ffd6698bd05b500d5401d0e-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/385d2eca4ffd6698bd05b500d5401d0e-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/385d2eca4ffd6698bd05b500d5401d0e-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/385d2eca4ffd6698bd05b500d5401d0e-1024x1536.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/385d2eca4ffd6698bd05b500d5401d0e-1365x2048.webp 1365w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/385d2eca4ffd6698bd05b500d5401d0e-scaled.webp 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron, center, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after a group photo of G7 leaders and invited nations during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"From right, U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron,...\" class=\"wp-image-16339\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7f427007d592a94dabc7235b80aebcd4-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7f427007d592a94dabc7235b80aebcd4-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7f427007d592a94dabc7235b80aebcd4-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7f427007d592a94dabc7235b80aebcd4-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7f427007d592a94dabc7235b80aebcd4-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7f427007d592a94dabc7235b80aebcd4.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>From right, U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Japan\u2019s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a working session at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"From left, European Council President Antonio Costa, Italian Prime Minister...\" class=\"wp-image-16340\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5869eb840f252086989cb9095b025e22-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5869eb840f252086989cb9095b025e22-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5869eb840f252086989cb9095b025e22-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5869eb840f252086989cb9095b025e22-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5869eb840f252086989cb9095b025e22-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5869eb840f252086989cb9095b025e22.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>From left, European Council President Antonio Costa, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, South Korea\u2019s President Lee Jae Myung, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, U.S. President Donald Trump, Kenya\u2019s President William Ruto, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, India\u2019s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gather for a group photo at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday June 16, 2026. (Isabel Infantes\/Pool Photo via AP)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Italy\u2019s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni looks on ahead of a...\" class=\"wp-image-16341\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2dfd61b71ce98aea7350ca0af4532ea5-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2dfd61b71ce98aea7350ca0af4532ea5-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2dfd61b71ce98aea7350ca0af4532ea5-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2dfd61b71ce98aea7350ca0af4532ea5-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2dfd61b71ce98aea7350ca0af4532ea5-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2dfd61b71ce98aea7350ca0af4532ea5.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Italy\u2019s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni looks on ahead of a working session at the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Mandel Ngan\/Pool Photo via AP)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/div><\/div><\/ul><div><div>U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, second left, after a group photo of G7 leaders and invited nations during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)\n<\/div><span>Expand<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<h4>Meloni is astonished and defiant<\/h4>\n<p>In her video, Meloni said she was responding to Trump\u2019s claims because \u201ccertain things deserve an immediate response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s statements are completely fabricated. I am frankly stunned,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t know why the president of the United States behaves this way toward his own allies. After all, this isn\u2019t the first time this has happened.\u201d<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was an apparent reference to an interview Trump gave to Italian daily Corriere della Sera in April in which he criticized Meloni\u2019s refusal to back the U.S.-Israel war in Iran. Meloni didn\u2019t respond publicly at the time.<\/p>\n<p>By Friday, it appeared she had had enough of his boasts and broadsides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can only say that it\u2019s a shame he doesn\u2019t show the same resolve toward the enemies of the West, toward the enemies of the United States \u2014 toward leaders with whom he, on the other hand, is much more accommodating,\u201d Meloni said Friday. \u201cBut there\u2019s one thing he must remember: Italy and I do not beg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not return an immediate request for comment on Meloni\u2019s remarks.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meloni had initially sought to build on longstanding strong U.S.-Italian ties when Trump began his second mandate, and had positioned herself as a \u201cbridge\u201d between Washington and the European Union. She was the lone EU head of state to attend his inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>But relations have frayed over the U.S. war in Iran, which Meloni has said was illegal, and Trump\u2019s position on Ukraine, which Italy strongly supports. Trump\u2019s tariffs and strong U.S. support of Israel over its war in Gaza have been other points of contention.<\/p>\n<h4>Italian officials close ranks around Meloni<\/h4>\n<p>By Friday afternoon, solidarity with Meloni had poured in from across the government and political spectrum, and included a call from President Sergio Mattarella, Italy\u2019s widely respected head of state.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16316\">Conservative Chino Valley school board attacked by national group for \u2018exclusionary actions\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever attacks @GiorgiaMeloni attacks all of us,\u201d posted Transport Minister Matteo Salvini.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Minister Carlo Nordio referenced the sacrifice of American troops in World War II in underlining the harm to U.S.-Italy relations caused by Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thousands of crosses marking the graves of American soldiers who died to free us from Nazi-Fascist dictatorship did not deserve such a painful blow to our fraternal ties,\u201d Nordio said on X.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said he didn\u2019t believe Meloni would ever beg someone for a photo, \u201cnot even under threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can, however, imagine how much it cost her to set aside what Trump had said weeks ago, to serve the interests of Italy, of Europe, and of the West,\u201d Crosetto posted on X. \u201cJokes of this kind do no good to anyone: neither to the USA, nor to Italy, nor to the alliance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tajani had been due to travel to the U.S. on Sunday to take part in an Italy-U.S. business forum in Miami during which he was to have meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to a U.S. State Department announcement of the meeting.<\/p>\n<h4>A \u2018fantastic\u2019 friendship frays<\/h4>\n<p>Meloni had long been considered one of Trump\u2019s closest allies in Europe, trying to act as a mediator between the often conflicting interests of the U.S. and the EU.<\/p>\n<p>They had gotten off to a strong start, and the two leaders are ideologically aligned on many issues. As the head of a far-right party, Meloni backs curbing migration and promoting traditional values.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks before Trump\u2019s 2025 inauguration, Meloni met Trump at his Mar-a-Lago retreat, a visit that she said went \u201cbeyond expectations.\u201d It was, she said at the time, \u201can opportunity to confirm a relationship that promises to be very solid,\u2019\u2019 adding diplomatically, \u201cI don\u2019t know if I can say privileged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the months after, Trump had praised her repeatedly, as \u201cfantastic,\u201d \u201cincredible,\u201d beautiful and a friend.<\/p>\n<p>But stark differences emerged over Ukraine, after Trump wavered in his support while Meloni kept backing Kyiv after Russia\u2019s invasion in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, she sharply warned against U.S. threats to take Greenland by force, saying she didn\u2019t believe Washington would go so far and that regardless Italy would never support such a move.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16314\">Talks between the US and Iran are called off because of fighting in Lebanon, officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian government is pushing back after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Premier Giorgia Meloni had \u201cbegged\u201d for a photo with him during the recent G7 meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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