‘No thanks!’ Trump doubles down after PM Meloni ‘crashout’

President Donald Trump is making no apologies after Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni refuted his claims.

It started at G7 meetings in Evian-les-Bains, France, when the president revealed to an Italian journalist that Meloni “wanted a picture with me so badly,” adding that he “felt sorry for her.”

“I do not know why the president of the United States behaves this way toward his allies — it is certainly not the first time this has happened,” she said in a statement. Meloni added that she was “frankly stunned” by the claim and accused Trump of making it up.

“Neither I nor Italy ever beg,” she said.

For better or worse, the president isn’t one to back down from what he’s said. On Saturday, he doubled down in a Truth Social post.

Look:

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— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 20, 2026

“Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked, over and over, for a picture with me during the G-7 meeting in France. She is doing poorly in Italy with her level of popularity, possibly because she turned down the United States of America, a Country that truly loves and protects Italy, when it came to denying Iran from obtaining or developing a Nuclear Weapon (But so did NATO, for that matter!). She wouldn’t even let us use Italy’s landing strips or runways, a great logistical inconvenience, and this despite the fact the U.S. contributes hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year to protect Italy, and other ‘so-called’ NATO Allies. Now, after the United States defeated Iran militarily, she wants to be friends again in order to get her ‘numbers up.’ No thanks!!!” Trump wrote.

X users reacted:

He’s not wrong. She waffles. Her allegiance runs whichever way the wind blows at the time.

— Booch Drums (@boochdrums) June 20, 2026

She is in the process of committing political suicide!

— The Cowboy way (@Sti18769) June 20, 2026

I think she liked it when she had to guide Joe around. She prefers things being that way.

— Lola Ann (@LolaAnn732045) June 20, 2026

She’s also talking strong on Islamic immigration, yet the numbers and crimes are increasing daily…

— (@Jim147897240160) June 20, 2026

Meloni used to say all the right things, then got a taste of power and EU gravy train and bent over for mass immigration like the rest of them.

— Henry Penfold (@HenryNutfield) June 20, 2026

I was completely shocked when Meloni acted that way especially since she seemed to be a reasonable leader.

It just goes to show you who out friends really are these days and they aren’t any of the European counties in G7.

— SMHonk (@SMHonk1983) June 20, 2026

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