Trump attacks Meloni again: 'Wants to be friends to boost her numbers. No thanks'

Donald Trump has once again targeted Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, this time on his social media platform Truth. Trump asserted that Meloni "repeatedly asked to take a picture with me" during the G7 summit in France, suggesting her motive was to boost her declining popularity in Italy.

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After the United States militarily defeated Iran, she wants to be friends again. No, thank you.

Trump accused Meloni of having "turned her back on the United States," a country he claims "truly loves and protects Italy." He criticized her for allegedly refusing to prevent Iran from obtaining or developing nuclear weapons, adding that NATO also failed in this regard. He further claimed that Meloni did not grant the U.S. permission to use Italian runways during the conflict with Iran, causing significant logistical difficulties.

This refusal, Trump argued, was despite the United States contributing "hundreds of billions of dollars annually" to the defense of Italy and other "so-called" NATO allies. He stated that now, after the U.S. militarily defeated Iran, Meloni wants to "be friends again."

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She repeatedly asked to take a picture with me during the G7 summit in France. Her popularity in Italy is declining, perhaps because she turned her back on the United States - a country that truly loves and protects Italy - by refusing to prevent Iran from obtaining or developing nuclear weapons (which, incidentally, NATO also did!).

Adding a personal touch to his attack, Trump misspelled the Italian Prime Minister's name, referring to her as 'Gigiorgia' instead of Giorgia in his post.

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She didn't even allow us to use the Italian runways or takeoff and landing strips, causing considerable logistical inconvenience, despite the United States contributing hundreds of billions of dollars annually to the defense of Italy and other 'so-called' NATO allies.