Donald Trump's relationship with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has suffered its most public rupture yet after a dispute over comments he made about their interaction at the G7 summit. The row escalated quickly, with Meloni publicly rejecting Trump's account, Italy's foreign minister cancelling a planned visit to the United States and a business forum in Miami being called off.
Italy's foreign minister on Friday said he was cancelling a visit to the United States over reported comments by US President Donald Trump
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"The grave and offensive words of President Trump... offend the whole of Italy," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who had been due to visit… pic.twitter.com/lhQJXBoYW0