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Italy PM calls for a return to normality with US after Trump spat

By Thomson Reuters Jun 23, 2026 | 12:24 PM

ROME, June 23 (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said ​on Tuesday ‌relations with the United States had to return to normal following ‌a ​public falling ⁠out between ⁠President Donald Trump and herself last week.

“I don’t intend to ​keep fuelling this dispute,” Meloni said ⁠in ⁠an interview at ​an event in Rome.

On ​Friday, Meloni accused her ‌one-time close ally Trump of fabricating a story about ⁠her after the U.S. president told an Italian ⁠TV ‌channel that she ⁠had “begged” him ​to ‌take a photo ​with her ⁠at a recent G7 summit in France.

(Reporting by Angelo Amante; Editing by Crispian ​Balmer)