Relations between the United States and Italy have suffered a fresh setback after Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani cancelled a planned trip to Washington in protest over comments made by US President Donald Trump about Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
The diplomatic row erupted just days after leaders gathered at the G7 summit in France, where there had been tentative signs that tensions between Washington and several European allies were beginning to ease. Instead, the latest exchange has exposed deepening cracks in one of Europe's most important transatlantic partnerships.
