Donald Trump is fuming—and this time his target is one of Europe’s most prominent right-wing leaders.
The president took aim at Giorgia Meloni after she refused to involve Italy in the escalating conflict with Iran, a war Trump himself set in motion.
In remarks to Corriere della Sera, Trump didn’t wait for questions before unloading.
“Do people like her? I can’t imagine. I’m shocked by her,” Trump said. “I thought she was brave, but I was wrong.”
The outburst came after Meloni reportedly criticized Trump’s recent behavior toward Pope Leo XIV, calling it “unacceptable.”
Trump fired back with a claim that raised eyebrows.
“It’s her who is unacceptable,” he said, accusing Meloni of not caring whether Iran obtains nuclear weapons and suggesting the country could “blow up Italy in two minutes.”
Meloni has not publicly responded.
Trump also admitted he hasn’t spoken to the Italian leader “in a long time”—a striking detail as his relationships with European allies continue to erode.
That isolation may be growing. One of Trump’s closest ideological allies, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, just suffered an election loss, further shrinking the president’s already limited circle of support abroad.
The episode adds to a pattern: allies one day, targets the next—especially when they refuse to fall in line.
