Donald Trump Comments on Italian Prime Minister

Trump on Italian Prime Minister: She's a Good Person but Made a Mistake

Donald Trump, the U.S. President, commented on Giorgia Meloni, Italy's Prime Minister, with whom he has recently had tense relations, saying: "I think she's actually a good person." The U.S. President, who is in Turkey to attend a NATO leaders summit, said in a joint press conference with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's President, "We had a bad relationship... it got a bit bad because she was unwilling to help us... she didn't want to get involved in the Strait of Hormuz issue." The two leaders clashed after Donald Trump claimed in an interview with an Italian television network that Ms. Meloni had "pleaded" with him to take a photo together at the G7 meeting, and that he only agreed because he "felt bad for her." In his remarks today, while Trump adopted a conciliatory tone regarding Ms. Meloni, he once again expressed dissatisfaction with the reluctance of European countries to play a role in America and Israel's war against Iran. Mr. Trump said: "I like her [Giorgia Meloni], I really think she's a good person, but I think she made a mistake... she wasn't with us and I wasn't happy about that." Before the Ankara meeting, the U.S. President had repeatedly criticized NATO member European countries for refraining from entering the Iran war, and European allies have attempted to....