Cyprus Mail7 Jul 2026

Meloni won’t bite: Italy refuses to feed Trump’s troll habit

Italy will stop responding to President Donald Trump’s provocative remarks, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said in an interview on Tuesday, as NATO leaders prepared to meet in Turkey.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni last month accused Trump of fabricating a story about her after the U.S. president told an Italian TV channel that she had “begged” him to take a photo with her at a G7 summit in France....

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