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US President Donald Trump greets Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during a summit to support ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, 13 October, 2025

Video. Trump and Meloni: From close relations to a transatlantic crisis

Updated: 15/04/2026 - 16:33 GMT+2

The relationship between Trump and Meloni was typified by warm handshakes and even warmer words until the US leader did something considered by most Italians to be unthinkable: he criticised the pope.

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