Giorgia Meloni and Donald TrumpThere’s a good chance Donald Trump didn’t like Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s fiery retort to his claim that she “begged” to take a photo with him at the recent G7 summit.
However, the social media reaction to Meloni’s scorched-earth Trump takedown was overwhelmingly positive.
In an interview broadcast on Friday morning on Italy’s La7 network, Trump claimed that Meloni had “begged” him for a photo together, and added that he agreed to do it because he felt sorry for her.
Meloni quickly rejected Trump’s claim on social media, calling his anecdote “completely fabricated” and insisting, “Italy and I do not beg.”
In addition, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced he was canceling this weekend’s previously scheduled trip to the US and called Trump’s claims “serious and offensive” toward his country and the prime minister.
Here is Meloni’s post with the comments translated by MeidasTouch.
Here are Italian PM Meloni’s remarks about Trump, translated to English:
“So certain things deserve an immediate response. Donald Trump’s statements are completely made up. I am frankly stunned.
I don’t know why the president of the United States behaves this way with his own… pic.twitter.com/7jdMcoX4ca
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 19, 2026
Considering how polarising Trump is, Meloni’s take-no-prisoners response attracted a lot of positive support.
This dust up with Italy is a perfect example of many of Trump’s missteps. He tells a blatant lie without any reason, just because he has to sound like people are so willing to grovel to him. The false story gets him nothing and the fallout costs the United States.
— Mike Nelson (@mikenelson586) June 19, 2026
she went full bitch mode on his ass….look at his face as he gets told down https://t.co/ICXwniB19X
— Chili Dog (@RobertJMolnar) June 19, 2026
She sounds genuinely fed up with this https://t.co/QNKgxjqYg0
— Alexander Clarkson (@APHClarkson) June 19, 2026
If this is the incident in question, Meloni really doesn’t look like she’s begging Trump for anything. Could Trump possibly have been lying? https://t.co/X4pw6n4Ezwpic.twitter.com/TNHteUaDsV
— Euan MacDonald (@Euan_MacDonald) June 19, 2026
Americans are so accustomed to Trump saying something false and insane without pushback or consequence that he must’ve assumed he could take that show on the road with no issue. https://t.co/YPxIHIqobu
— Luke Thomas Gets Political (LTGP) (@LTGetsPolitical) June 19, 2026
Only she has the guts to call out his bullshit outright
Disagree with her politics all you want, she’s a woman single-handedly showing every other male leader in NATO how it’s done https://t.co/QDxcN6w5aq
— 𝐬 🇬🇧⸆⸉ (@redelitist) June 19, 2026
If you think Meloni seems pissed, remember that she recently gave up smoking as well, so she’s probably even angrier than that. https://t.co/iaGmuDtRnD
— Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) June 19, 2026
One thing that sucks about trump is that he lies constantly for no reason https://t.co/O3GvcQBwn4
— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) June 19, 2026
Trump has never met an ally he does not try to screw over in the end. https://t.co/ryPLWiH8ix
— Marc Polymeropoulos (@Mpolymer) June 19, 2026
Incredible (and real, not fake) thrashing of Trump but the PM who was at one time probably his strongest supporter in Europe (aside from the departed Orban) https://t.co/xGWGM8vCei
— Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus) June 19, 2026
Trump just can’t keep himself from bullying women. It’s basic to his nature. https://t.co/yaO9pp4O5b
— Phillips P. OBrien (@PhillipsPOBrien) June 19, 2026
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