(continued from /30)

"an administration around him saying very nasty things about the Pope and about Europe who are whether you like it or not, whether you agree with Pedro Sanchez or not, these are the people who share our values the most and it's a core interest of the United States for Europe to be whole, prosperous, and free."

#Trump #PopeLeo #Iran #war #NATO #Europe #GeorgiaMeloni
/31

"And then lecture him about his interpretation of theology.
I mean, that's his one job. And so it just seems to me totally crazy. …

And it speaks to where we are, which is why if you're an Italian prime minister and you've been close to Trump, but you're objectively observing the geopolitical environment around you, you see a president of the United States basically disintegrating," (continued in /31)

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/30

"I think that the Europeans have come to the conclusion that the United States is totally unreliable. But can we go back to one thing? I'm not an expert on this, but I have to say this. I mean, of all the things, of all the things, why would you pick a fight with the Pope? That seems to be politically the dumbest thing that you could possibly do. The Pope."

~ Steve Cook

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/29

https://www.contrariannews.org/p/no-matter-how-this-war-ends-the-us?t=1.716637

"Trump loses last friend In Europe. No, not Orbán. Meloni. He lost Orbán a whole three days ago! Get with it. …

Perhaps because he is senile and doesn’t understand things, he claimed of Meloni and Italy that 'They pay the highest energy costs in the world and are not even ready to fight for the Strait of Hormuz ... They depend on Donald Trump ​to keep it open.'”

~ Evan Hurst

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/10

https://www.wonkette.com/p/trump-loses-last-friend-in-europe

"Trump returned fire directly — and on the same day, Italy suspended its defence agreement with Israel covering military equipment and technology exchange. The two moves together mark a clean break."

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/9

"It was a near-total reversal from a man who once called Meloni a 'beautiful young woman' who had taken Europe 'by storm,' who welcomed her as the only European leader at his inauguration, and who had described her as Washington’s essential bridge to the continent.

The trigger was sequence. Meloni publicly defended Pope Leo XIV after Trump attacked him, calling Trump’s remarks about the pope 'unacceptable.'”

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/8

"The political architecture Trump built in Europe is now visibly in ruins. On Tuesday, in a six-minute phone interview with Italy’s Corriere della Sera, Trump said he was 'shocked' by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, that he 'thought she had courage, but was wrong,' and called her 'unacceptable.'"

~ Rudy Martinez

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/7

https://restoftheworldreport.substack.com/p/the-rest-of-the-world-report-april-de7

"On the heels of offending Christians and turning on his own base, Trump has now targeted former ally Prime Minister Meloni of Italy after she criticized his attacks on the Pope as 'unacceptable.'”

~ Wajahat Ali

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/12

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-maga-coalition-cracks-as-democrats