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Mediaite reports Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hit President Donald Trump with a withering new Saturday rant attacking his waning popularity in the latest \u201csalvo of a roiling feud over a selfie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more GOP calamity as Trump voters go rogue in crucial swing states: survey<\/a><\/p>\n

On Saturday afternoon, Italy time, Meloni posted a scathing Instagram message to Trump advising him to \u201cfocus\u201d on his own popularity \u2014 or lack thereof, reported Mediaite.<\/p>\n

Apparently stung by Meloni\u2019s long-distance slap for claiming she \u201cbegged\u201d him for a selfie, Trump took to Truth Social early Saturday, repeating his allegation that she did indeed plead for a pose.<\/p>\n

\u201cItalian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked, over and over, for a picture with me during the G-7 meeting in France,\u201d said Trump, adding that \u201cShe is doing poorly in Italy with her level of popularity, possibly because she turned down the United States of America, a Country that truly loves and protects Italy, when it came to denying Iran from obtaining or developing a Nuclear Weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump went on to complain that the PM \u201cwouldn\u2019t even let us use Italy\u2019s landing strips or runways [to attack Iran], a great logistical inconvenience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, after the United States defeated Iran militarily, she wants to be friends again in order to get her \u2018numbers up.\u2019 No thanks!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

But Meloni was apparently in no need of Trump\u2019s finger-wagging and reminded him of his own collapsing poll numbers.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018Stinky, slimy and unrelenting\u2019: Trump\u2019s ghastliest blunder defines him<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump, these constant, unprovoked attacks are senseless. As for my popularity, being your friend certainly has not helped it, nor does it depend on my relationship with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dispatch columnist Nick Catoggio argues, however, that Trump\u2019s relationship with Meloni may indeed have put a strain on her polling back home after Trump\u2019s unilateral attacks on Iran resulted in the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a dramatic increase in Italian fuel prices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more right-wing politics becomes associated with fat orange clownery, the less European voters will want any part of it,\u201d argued Catoggio.<\/p>\n

But in her Instagram shout, Meloni claimed her popularity \u201cdepends on my ability to defend Italy\u2019s national interest, and that is exactly what I have always done.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is also what I did regarding the American military bases in Italy. Their use is governed by agreements that we have always respected, and that cannot be violated as long as I am Prime Minister,\u201d she continued. \u201cItaly remains a sovereign nation. In any case, my popularity is none of your concern. I suggest you focus on yours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Trump\u2019s self-inflicted wound is the worst \u2018in American history\u2019: Economist.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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