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Our current President, Donald Trump, a self stated "highly intelligent" human being, his words- probably the best President ever. His reported words as he awarded the Medal of Honor to several veterans-----"The congressional medal of honor— I wanted to give it to myself, but I was informed I couldn't do it," he said as he laughed at his own jokes, while the audience remained silent. The clue bird is not present in this man's universe. What a PROFOUND embarassment he is for the nation. As a twenty plus year veteran, I am heartbroken he is so totally ignorant.

there is no limit to how low trump will go.
nothing he does or says surprises me. in fact anything attached to his name is expected.

Italy's Meloni says Trump 'totally invented' story that she begged him for photo


By Angelo Amante and Crispian Balmer
Fri, June 19, 2026 at 7:37 AM EDT3 min read

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/italy-nixes-envoys-visit-leader-133727579.html

ROME, June 19 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused her one-time close ally Donald Trump of fabricating a story about her on Friday, after the U.S. President told an Italian TV channel that ‌she had "begged" him to take a photo with her at a G7 summit.

Meloni said she was "astonished" by his comments, which ‌were "completely made up". She also chided him for acting with far greater deference to the enemies of the West than he does towards old, established allies.

Underscoring how much ​Trump's comments have angered Meloni's government, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced he was cancelling a planned visit to the U.S. next week.

The latest exchange marks a sharp deterioration in ties, coming just days after signs emerged at the G7 summit that the two right-wing leaders had steadied a previously strained relationship following tensions this year over the war on Iran.

Video from the event in France showed Meloni and Trump deep in conversation, ‌sitting side-by-side on a small sofa, but the ⁠U.S. leader suggested he had merely indulged her by chatting with her.

"She's probably happy I talked to her. I didn't have to talk to her," Trump was quoted as saying by La7 TV channel in a ⁠brief interview, after he himself asked the journalist about Italy's prime minister.

"She begged me to take a picture with her. She wanted a picture with me so badly. I wouldn't have taken it, but I felt sorry for her," Trump said, according to La7's translation.

The channel did not release the ​original ​audio, just a dubbed version.

MELONI HITS BACK IN SHARPLY WORDED STATEMENT

How low will he go...?

https://people.com/italian-pm-giorg...t-she-begged-for-photo-with-him-12003115


Italian PM Giorgia Meloni Says She's 'Frankly Astonished' by Trump's 'Made Up' Story That She 'Begged' for Photo with Him

"Neither I nor Italy ever beg," Meloni said in a video shared on social media

By Rachel Raposas Published on June 19, 2026 11:56AM EDT

NEED TO KNOW
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called Donald Trump's claim that she "begged" for a photo at the G7 Summit "completely fabricated"

"Neither I nor Italy ever beg," Meloni said in a video shared on social media
Following Trump's comments, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani canceled his U.S. trip, saying Trump's remarks "offend all of Italy"

Giorgia Meloni has fired back at Donald Trump's claim that she "begged" him for a photo at the G7 Summit.

On Friday, June 19, the Italian Prime Minister denounced the United States president's claim that she'd urged him to take a photo with her during this week's G7 Summit as "completely fabricated." In a video shared to X, Meloni conveyed both her and Italy's offense to Trump's claims.

“I am frankly stunned,” she said in Italian. “I don't know why the president of the United States behaves this way toward his own allies. After all, this isn't the first time this has happened.”

“I can only say it is regrettable that he does not show the same determination against the enemies of the West and the United States—against leaderships with whom he actually proves to be much more accommodating," she continued.

“There is one thing he must remember," Meloni concluded. "Neither I nor Italy ever beg."

The Italian Prime Minister's rebuke comes after Trump told Italian broadcaster La7 that Meloni "begged me to take a photo with her — I could have skipped it, but I felt sorry for her," NBC News reported. He added, "She's probably happy I talked to her. I didn't have to talk to her."

Meloni wasn't the only Italian politician apparently offended by Trump's comments. Just before the prime minister posted the video on social media, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani shared on X that he was canceling his planned trip to the U.S. this weekend.

In the statement, Tajani noted that the U.S. president had angered Italy as a whole.

"President Trump's serious and offensive remarks about Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni offend all of Italy," Tajani wrote. "For this reason, I have decided to cancel my visit to the United States scheduled for June 21st and 22nd."

There's a history of friction between Trump and Meloni, especially in recent years. Earlier in April, Meloni defended Pope Leo XIV's anti-war comments after Trump verbally attacked the religious figure, and called the U.S. president's statements "unacceptable." Trump responded of Meloni, "It's her who's unacceptable," because she wouldn't support the U.S. war in Iran.

However, in October 2025, while speaking at the Gaza summit in Egypt, Trump went on an awkward tangent about Meloni's appearance, repeatedly calling her "beautiful."

"Where is she ... there she is," Trump said, looking at Meloni. "You don't mind being called beautiful, right? You are."