Italy does not beg: Meloni blast Donald Trump over G7 photo claim
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has strongly rejected US President Donald Trump's claim that she "begged" him for a photograph during the recent G7 Summit, calling his remarks "completely made up" and expressing shock at his comments.
The dispute erupted after Trump, speaking to Italy's La7 television channel, claimed that Meloni had been eager to take a picture with him and that he only agreed because he "felt sorry" for her.
"She's probably happy I talked to her. I didn't have to talk to her. She begged me to take a picture with her. She wanted a picture with me so badly. I wouldn't have taken it, but I felt sorry for her," Trump said.
'I and Italy never beg'
Responding in a post on X, Meloni dismissed Trump's account and criticised what she described as his repeated disparaging remarks about allies.
"Donald Trump's statements are completely made up, I'm frankly appalled. I don't know why the President of the United States behaves this way with his own allies; after all, it's not the first time it's happened," she said.
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