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The American president Donald Trump returns to the assault in opposition to the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. «It was damaging – Trump stated in an interview with Fox News – Anyone who refused their assist in managing the state of affairs with Iran he not has the identical relationship with us».

Trump’s new assault

The American president has harshly criticized the phrases of the prime minister, who yesterday spoke out in opposition to Trump’s feedback on Pope Leo XIV. After the distant confrontation between the 2 leaders, at this time the tycoon questioned the connection between Washington and Rome. “Just so you know,” Trump stated. Italy receives giant portions of oil from the Strait [di Hormuz, ndr]».

The conflict over the Pope

The rigidity flared up after the latest dialogue between the chief of the White House and the Pontiff, who in keeping with Trump was responsible of getting expressed himself in opposition to the warfare in Iran. Meloni intervened expressing her solidarity with the Pope and defining the phrases of the American president as “unacceptable”. «It is she who’s unacceptable – Trump replied – I’m shocked by her, I believed she had braveness however I used to be unsuitable.”