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Trump deepens the dustup with Italy's Meloni over a disputed G7 photo 60%
By Seung Min Kim56%
6/20/2026, 6:06:12 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 21 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Self-Serving Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 34.7% saturation with 143 hits. Analysis detected 781 faulty-reasoning hits from 412 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 55.8% and a BS Rank of 60% (8,909 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 59.30% of the article peer group.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump on Saturday lashed out at Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, insisting that she asked “over and over” for a photo with him at the recent Group of Seven summit and criticizing what he said was Italy’s lack of cooperation during the Iran war.
The remarks deepen the spat that began this week with the Republican president’s interview with an Italian broadcaster, during which Trump claimed Meloni “begged” for the photo during the G7 meeting in France.
Meloni has called that “completely fabricated.”
The dustup led Italy’s foreign minister to cancel a planned trip to the United States as Meloni’s government lined up in her defense.
“Italian Prime Minister Gigiorgia Meloni asked, over and over, for a picture with me during the G-7 meeting in France,” Trump wrote on his social media platform while spending the weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat.
He misspelled her first name in the initial post, which he later corrected.
“As for my popularity, being your friend certainly has not helped it, nor does it depend on my relationship with you.
My popularity depends on my ability to defend Italy’s national interest, and that is exactly what I have always done,” Meloni said in a post on Instagram.
She added that “in any case, my popularity is none of your concern.
I suggest you focus on yours.”
In his post, Trump also complained that Meloni would not allow the U.S. to use Italy’s landing strips or runways during the Iran war even though the U.S. is a leader in defense spending among NATO allies.
That is a long-standing complaint about the military alliance and one that Trump is raising again before his White House meeting Wednesday with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.
Italy, a key logistics hub for the U.S., declined in March to allow American bombers headed for the Middle East to use a base in Sicily without parliamentary approval.
It was a decision reflecting constitutional constraints and strong domestic opposition to the war.
Meloni has insisted that any use of Italian bases for offensive operations would require parliamentary backing.
Trump vented his frustration about Meloni and on Saturday claimed that she “wants to be friends again” in light of the initial deal between the U.S. and Iran to end the war.
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Associated Press writer Silvia Stellacci in Rome contributed to this report.
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