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Giorgia Meloni Gives Trump Both Barrels!

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Padstow13 Fri 19-Jun-26 18:48:23

Mr Trump can't help himself, can he?

His latest clumsy, un-diplomatic act is to claim the Italian Prime Minister "begged" to be photographed with him at the recent G7 junket, and he "felt sorry for her".

She didn't waste any time blasting back at him with "neither I nor Italy beg!" in an absolute tirade of anger.

Please take note Sir Keir - that's being a strong PM.

MT62 Sat 20-Jun-26 16:28:45

Little big man syndrome 🤣 MN

Cossy Sat 20-Jun-26 16:32:10

Trump is a giant orange pumpkin, he’s as stupid as a pumpkin and he seriously needs a lot of mental health assistance!

Good for the Italian PM.

Rubio was extremely rude to KS.

As always KS was the perfect diplomat.

I hope Trump disappears off to lala Land very quickly and very soon.

I hope JS is able to stay in the cabinet.

Our world is one big fat mess!

Grandmabatty Sat 20-Jun-26 16:33:24

I don't hate Trump either but I despise him. I think his statements were symptomatic of his attitude to women.
There is also a photo of him attempting to kiss Brigitte Macron and she's fending him off.

NotSpaghetti Sat 20-Jun-26 17:34:33

MT62

I think it was rude of Marco Rubio to blank KS at the G7 meeting.
He shook hands with everyone except KS.
If I had had been KS I wouldn’t have bothered trying to be noticed & brush it off.

I don't think he did.

...When Rubio entered the room, he walked in after Trump/ Starmer etc were already seated.
He doesn't seek to blank Starmer - he was just moving one side of the table.
He greets the five people on that side of the table and moves straight to the side/front as though he's going to present something.

He doesn't greet Starmer directly because he is on the other side of the table - 5 of them are not greeted. He just greets the ones he has to navigate past.

This is such a non-story! Please watch the original footage.

Cossy Sat 20-Jun-26 17:38:48

Well that’s sounds far less like a snub (haven’t watched the original footage)

MT62 Sat 20-Jun-26 17:41:05

I’ve seen it & that’s my take on it.
You can clearly see KS looked embarrassed.

Frenchgalinspain Sat 20-Jun-26 17:41:36

Ms. Meloni gave that old pedaphile narcissist hell .. And Carney as well ..

There was a post (reel ) that stated Trump has poor control over his bowels and smelt extremely bad like a skunk !!

Look at the Reels on Google You Tube ..

How gross !!!

Frenchgalinspain Sat 20-Jun-26 17:42:47

There are several reels in reference to The G 7 Reunion that turned into a battlefield.

NotSpaghetti Sat 20-Jun-26 18:41:04

MT62

I’ve seen it & that’s my take on it.
You can clearly see KS looked embarrassed.

Can you link to what you saw please?

valdali Sat 20-Jun-26 18:47:44

She was spitting angry - although I 100% believe her, I just prefer Kier's approach I thought her anger was a bit naive when everyone who matters - after 4+ years track-record - knows that Trump loves to wind-up & you can't believe a word he says & very few do. Just chalk it up to an idiot (Trump) fabricating - bit infra-dig to get all het-up about it, he'll just find it amusing.

MartavTaurus Sat 20-Jun-26 19:23:41

There is also a photo of him attempting to kiss Brigitte Macron and she's fending him off.
To be fair, the French do go in for that cheek kissing business, so she had little choice but to comply with etiquette.

I'm not sure how much live reel was shown in the UK, but there was a funny dance in front of the Palace of Versailles where Trump heads off stage right and Mme Macron swiftly grabs him and tells him, "Hold your horses, we're going in THIS way behind you, up centre".

MartavTaurus Sat 20-Jun-26 19:26:45

Well, I don't know if she actually said that, but she put him firmly right! 🤣

Dickens Sat 20-Jun-26 20:32:35

Frenchgalinspain

Ms. Meloni gave that old pedaphile narcissist hell .. And Carney as well ..

There was a post (reel ) that stated Trump has poor control over his bowels and smelt extremely bad like a skunk !!

Look at the Reels on Google You Tube ..

How gross !!!

There was a post (reel ) that stated Trump has poor control over his bowels and smelt extremely bad like a skunk !!

... there's quite a few of those reels on Facebook where content-creators say that he's incontinent and has to wear diapers.

Whether it's true or not, I've no idea. But, if it is - it's not something I'd want to make fun of him for... I don't want to sink to that level of debate.

MT62 Sat 20-Jun-26 21:52:50

Sorry NS not sure how to link it.
He was definitely snubbed, unless he doesn’t know who Keir Starmer is, or hasn’t noticed Keir with his hand out next to Trump. Who knows 🤷‍♀️

NotSpaghetti Sun 21-Jun-26 01:36:44

I have spent some time looking and cannot find one that looks like that MT62 - the one circulating that I've seen was round a table.

This is part of it (though the one I watched yesterday was longer - it started a bit sooner).
He comes in from the right and greets people round just one side of the table:

youtu.be/MtI2BxQLWMM?is=j4PXS6EEk-696F2m

I can see Starmer would have been next had he gone all round the table...

And of course Starmer does hop up to say something to him.

There were several meetings so maybe the one you saw was a different one anyway.

Chocolatelovinggran Sun 21-Jun-26 09:48:43

Mr Trump has a talent for being untruthful, and unpleasant. He does this to his allies ( the Italian premier and he are aligned politically) as well as those he perceives as his enemies.
His followers in the USA seem comfortable to believe anything he says, even in the face of utterly contradictory facts, so he imagines that everyone else will simply nod in agreement with his every word. He will stick to his story, and many will believe him.

Casdon Sun 21-Jun-26 10:35:49

I doubt many American believe him if they have watched this live clip from CNN. His lies will soon be biting his ample bottom.

edition.cnn.com/2026/06/19/politics/video/trump-meloni-italy-g7-beg-photo-vrtc

MT62 Sun 21-Jun-26 10:39:23

NotSpaghetti

I have spent some time looking and cannot find one that looks like that MT62 - the one circulating that I've seen was round a table.

This is part of it (though the one I watched yesterday was longer - it started a bit sooner).
He comes in from the right and greets people round just one side of the table:

youtu.be/MtI2BxQLWMM?is=j4PXS6EEk-696F2m

I can see Starmer would have been next had he gone all round the table...

And of course Starmer does hop up to say something to him.

There were several meetings so maybe the one you saw was a different one anyway.

Same video by the sounds of it.
Trump doesn’t care for Keir, so I think a deliberate snub by Marco Rubio. He rather go straight to the bloke on the monitor.
Also, I don’t think he would have bothered shaking hands with those to the right of KS aren’t they members of the EU?
Anyway my take is I thought him rude.

Casdon Sun 21-Jun-26 10:46:19

Marco Rubio is well known for being rude and abrasive, within the senate as well as to political opponents of the Trump regime from other countries, so it’s not a surprise really. I think the Meloni incident with Trump is much more significant.

MT62 Sun 21-Jun-26 13:30:04

Casdon

Marco Rubio is well known for being rude and abrasive, within the senate as well as to political opponents of the Trump regime from other countries, so it’s not a surprise really. I think the Meloni incident with Trump is much more significant.

I never saw that incident with Meloni

Chocolatelovinggran Sun 21-Jun-26 13:31:50

Indeed, Casdon - a cancelled visit to the USA indicates a definite froideur between Italy and Mr Trump.
And, as Ms Meloni reminded him, she has been a supporter in the past.
This typical act of stupidity might have unlooked for consequences. Mr Trump never apologises, does he, so this will not be resolved easily.

Labradora Sun 21-Jun-26 14:26:21

Fully agree that Starmer showed intelligence strength and courage keeping the UK out of this ridiculous Iran-USA Mexican stand-off. Don't quote me but I'm sure I heard one of the USA Trump inner-circle nutters(probably Hegsketh) stating that the UK and Europeans who refused to get dragged in by not allowing the Yanks to use their bases had "endangered their USA boys'lives ". What Humbug as if Trump wouldn't have used UK and European " boots on the ground " and endangered UK and European boys lives had he had the chance.
As for the glamorous Italian P.M, wasn't the Trumpster quite sweet on her at first , calling her beautiful and boasting that he could get away with such a non-PC sentiment because he was Trump ? Previously pro-Trump hasn't she recently fallen out with him and now he's turned on her as he does everyone who disagrees with him ? I think he"s "a woman scorned" mysen......🤣🤣🤣🤣

Greenywitch Sun 21-Jun-26 18:36:21

Trump is embarrassing. And well done Giorgia.

MaizieD Thu 25-Jun-26 12:05:27

Was this spat between Meloni and Trump just a bit of political theatre?

The NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, has just revealed in Washington that Italy allowed 500 US flights during Trump's illegal war with Iran to take off from air bases in Italy. A bit embarrassing for her as she assured the country that Italy would not be involved in the war... hmm

Smileless2012 Thu 25-Jun-26 13:43:31

No more embarrassing for her than us surely as we allowed America to use our air bases.