美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周六继续与意大利总理乔治·梅洛尼进行口水战，坚称她“恳求”他们在本周的七国集团峰会尽管梅洛尼予以否认，意大利部长们也表示反对。
特朗普在一篇社交媒体帖子中重复了这一说法，即总理“一遍又一遍”要求与他合影。梅洛尼表示，特朗普的说法是“捏造的”。
特朗普还抨击梅洛尼对美国在伊朗的战争缺乏支持。
“就她的受欢迎程度而言，她在意大利做得很差，可能是因为她拒绝了美利坚合众国，一个真正热爱和保护意大利的国家，当谈到阻止伊朗获得或发展核武器时(但就此而言，北约也是如此!)，”总统在他的帖子中说。
“她甚至不让我们使用意大利的简易机场或跑道，这是一个巨大的后勤不便，尽管美国每年投入数千亿美元来保护意大利和其他‘所谓的’北约盟友，”他补充道。
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梅洛尼用自己的观点回击了特朗普社交媒体帖子上午晚些时候，该网站分享了一张总统帖子的截屏，以及她用英语写的一条信息。
首相称总统的攻击是“无端的”和“毫无意义的”
“至于我的人缘，做你的朋友当然没有帮助，也不取决于我和你的关系。我的受欢迎程度取决于我捍卫意大利国家利益的能力，这正是我一直以来所做的，”梅洛尼说。
这位总理重申了意大利对美国的支持，以及意大利对美国在意大利的军事基地的支持。
“无论如何，我的受欢迎程度与你无关。我建议你专注于你的，”她对特朗普说。
梅洛尼在她的意大利语帖子中说，她不会重提这个话题。
这一宿怨源于特朗普接受一名意大利记者的采访，他声称梅洛尼“恳求”拍照。
“她非常想和我合影，”特朗普在周五播出的采访中说。“我本来可以不去的，但是我觉得对不起她。”
梅洛尼周五在社交媒体上否认了特朗普的说法。
“我不知道为什么美国总统对他的盟友这样做;毕竟这不是第一次发生了，”她用意大利语说道。
“我只能说，我很遗憾，面对西方的敌人、美国的敌人，他没有同样的决心，相反，他似乎更乐于与这些领导人打交道。但他必须记住一件事:我和意大利从不乞讨，”她补充道。
特朗普关于梅洛尼的言论也在意大利政界引起了一阵骚动。
意大利副总理兼外交部长安东尼奥·塔亚尼表示，在特朗普发表评论后，他取消了原定于周日和周一对美国的访问。
塔亚尼用意大利语说:“特朗普总统对总理乔治·梅洛尼(Giorgia Meloni)的严肃和冒犯性言论冒犯了整个意大利。”x职位星期五。
周五晚些时候，在罗马外交部的一次活动中，塔亚尼补充说，“没有人可以像美国那样冒犯意大利。”
包括反对党成员在内的其他意大利政界人士都出来支持梅洛尼，同时也认为这表明对美国政府过于默许会适得其反。
“我与吹嘘自己是(特朗普的美国和欧盟之间的)桥梁的梅洛尼，以及右翼没有任何共同之处。但没人能这样对待意大利，”中左翼民主党参议员菲利普·森西(Filippo Sensi)说x职位星期五。
Trump, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni feud online over G7 photo
President Donald Trump continued his war of words with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday, insisting she "begged" for a photo of them together at this week'sG7 summit, despite denials from Meloni and pushback from Italian ministers.
Trump repeated the claim in a social media post that the prime minister asked "over and over" for a photo with him.Meloni said Trump's claim is "fabricated."
Trump also slammed Meloni for her perceived lack of support for the U.S.'s war in Iran.
"She 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 (But so did NATO, for that matter!)," the president said in his post.
"She wouldn't even let us use Italy's landing strips or runways, a great logistical inconvenience, and this despite the fact the U.S. contributes hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year to protect Italy, and other 'so-called' NATO Allies," he added.
The White House did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.
Meloni snapped back on Trump with her ownsocial media postlater in the morning which shared a screen shot of the president's post along with a message by her written in English.
The prime minister called the president's attacks "unprovoked" and "senseless."
"As for my popularity, being your friend has certainly not helped it, nor does it depend on my relationship with you. My popularity depends on my ability to defend Italy's national interest, and that is exactly what I have always done," Meloni said.
The prime minister reiterated Italy's support of the U.S. and her country's support of U.S. military bases in her country.
"In any case, my popularity is none of your concern. I suggest you focus on yours," she said to Trump.
Meloni said in her post in Italian that she would not revisit the subject.
The feud stems from an interview that Trump gave with an Italian journalist where he claimed Meloni "begged" to have the photo taken.
"She wanted a photo with me so badly," Trump said in the interview that aired Friday. "I could have skipped it, but I felt sorry for her."
Meloni went on social media Friday and denied Trump's claims.
"I don't know why the President of the United States is behaving this way with his allies; it's not the first time it happens after all," she said in Italian.
"I can only say that I'm sorry he doesn't have the same determination with the enemies of the West, with the enemies of the United States, with leaderships with which instead he appears to be way more accommodating. But he has to remember one thing: I and Italy never beg," she added.
Trump's comments about Meloni also created a commotion in political circles in Italy.
Italian deputy premier and foreign minister Antonio Tajani said he called off his visit to the United States planned for Sunday and Monday following Trump's comments.
"President Trump's serious and offensive words towards Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni offend all of Italy," Tajani said in Italian in anX poston Friday.
During an event at the foreign ministry in Rome later on Friday, Tajani added, "no one is allowed to offend Italy like the U.S. did."
Other Italian politicians, including opposition party members, have come out in support of Meloni while also arguing this shows that being too acquiescent with the U.S. administration is counterproductive.
"I have nothing in common with Meloni, who boasted about being a bridge (between Trump's American and the EU), and the Right. But no one can treat Italy this way," Filippo Sensi, a senator for the centre-left Democratic Party, said in anX postFriday.
