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Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Rebukes Trump’s Offensive Comments: ‘I Don’t Beg’

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JUN 19, 2026 at 09:35 AM EDT

Italy's foreign minister has cancelled a planned visit to the United States over comments President Donald Trump made about Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni earlier this week. Trump told Italy's La7 broadcaster that Meloni — ideologically one of Trump's closest allies in Europe — had him "begged" for a photograph during the closely-watched G7 summit of world leaders between Monday and Wednesday.

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