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She was elected in 2022 as a member of the Brothers of Italy, a right-wing populist party with <u>neo-fascist roots<\/u> that advocates for strict border control, and was the only European leader to attend Trump\u2019s inauguration in 2025. However, cracks in Trump and Meloni\u2019s relationship have shown this year. Though Meloni did not take a stance against the U.S. war against Iran, Italy denied U.S. military aircraft permission to land at one of its bases before they traveled to the Middle East in March, according to <u>Reuters<\/u>. Meloni did however directly oppose Trump during his public feud with Pope Leo XIV in April, saying his <u>remarks about the pontiff<\/u> were \u201cunacceptable.\u201d Trump told the Italian press he was &#8220;shocked&#8221; by Meloni, saying he thought she had courage but \u201cwas wrong.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=850\">Trump Approval Rating Holds Steady At 37% Amid Iran Deal<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Further Reading<\/h2>\n<p><u>Trump Lashes Out At Pope Leo Over Iran War\u2014Again\u2014Before Rubio Visit<\/u> (Forbes)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump reportedly claimed that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni \u201cbegged\u201d for a photo with him at France\u2019s G7 summit this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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