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

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for a return to normal relations with the US, following a public dispute with President Donald Trump over a fabricated story about their G7 summit encounter.

Italy PM calls for a return to normality with US after Trump spat
Giorgia Meloni
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​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.

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