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Top diplomat axes US trip over Trump remarks that ‘offend all of Italy’

• Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani cancelled his upcoming visit to the United States.
• The cancellation followed alleged “serious and offensive” remarks made by President Donald Trump regarding Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
• Trump reportedly claimed Meloni “wanted a picture with me so badly” and that he only agreed because he “felt sorry for her.”
• Tajani said that Trump’s comments “offend all of Italy,” prompting his decision to call off the trip scheduled for 21 and 22 June.
• Meloni herself dismissed Trump’s account as “made up,” saying that “Neither I nor Italy ever beg.”