Rome has canceled a planned visit to the US by its foreign minister amid a row with Washington
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has accused Donald Trump of fabricating a story about her after the US president claimed she had “begged” him for a photo during this week’s G7 summit in France.
According to a dubbed Italian-language version of a phone interview released by broadcaster La7 on Friday, Trump suggested Meloni had been desperate to pose with him during the gathering in Evian, and that he agreed only “out of pity.”
The remarks triggered a sharp response from Meloni, who dismissed Trump’s account as “completely fabricated.”
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