A new recording has emerged of US President Donald Trump telling an Italian journalist that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked him to take a photo with her. The audio, published Tuesday, comes amid an ongoing diplomatic rift between the two leaders.
A new audio recording has been published in which US President Donald Trump is heard telling an Italian journalist that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked him to take a photo with her. The recording, released Tuesday afternoon, matches the substance of Trump's earlier reported remarks about the exchange at the G7 summit in France, which Meloni and Italian officials have already condemned as 'grave and offensive.' The Italian Foreign Ministry has not yet commented on the recording's release. The Zioneer has previously covered the ongoing dispute: Meloni slammed Trump over the claim, and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani canceled a planned trip to the US in response. The recording may add new pressure to the already strained bilateral relationship.
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