It’s never a good idea to get into social media fights with Trump.
US President Donald J. Trump posted the most humiliating social media burn so far in his spat with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
As we have been reporting here on TGP, Trump felt betrayed by Meloni because of her refusal to join US military strikes against Iran, even denying the use of Italian air bases for operations.
If that was not enough, the Italian leader went as far as siding with leftist Pope Leo XIV in his controversy with Trump over the war and migrants.
We know how Trump rarely forgives, and never forgets, a slight, so the feud rapidly escalated with the former ally.
Now, the US President posted an image of Meloni trying to charm Trump with the caption ‘restraining order needed’.
This comes ahead of the Ankara NATO summit, where they will meet for the first time since the spat began.
Financial Times reported:
“Trump’s latest dig at the Italian prime minister — with whom he had forged a warm bond before their recent dramatic fallout — came via Truth Social, as he posted an image of himself with Meloni smiling and gazing up at him, seemingly enchanted.
The social media meme — suggesting Trump needed legal protection from a predatory Meloni — is an oblique reference to his claim that Meloni had ‘begged him’ for a photo opportunity at last month’s G7 summit in France to boost her flagging popularity.”
Politico reported:
“Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s top ministers on Monday sought to contain the fallout from her escalating public feud with U.S. President Donald Trump, after he shared a Truth Social meme attacking the Italian leader.
‘We are convinced that transatlantic relations go far beyond individual statements’, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Sky TG24. ‘I didn’t react at all [to the meme]; the key thing is to maintain relations with a vital ally like the US’, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto stressed, while Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said he ‘won’t comment on these things anymore’.”
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