A growing number of foreign leaders have had it with Trump

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(CNN) Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni could have denied Trump’s claim that she begged him to take a photo together, and left it at that.

Instead, she went much further. She posted a video on X Friday that made a show of standing up to Trump and linked the episode to his ill treatment of allies.

“I can only say that it’s a shame he doesn’t have the same determination with the enemies of the West, with the enemies of the United States, with leaderships with which he instead appears much more accommodating,” Meloni said. It was a broadside — and not just from any leader. This is a right-wing leader that some have compared to Trump.

But in finding some backbone vis-à-vis Trump, Meloni has plenty of company these days. While Trump has long reveled in throwing his weight around on the world stage and forcing leaders to cater to him, his growing provocations and declining political stock appear to have steeled some of those leaders’ spines to speak out against him.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/19/politics/trump-foreign-leader-rebukes

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1. Now if only Republicans in Congress could grow some spine.

[Bayard]

2. They know better than to trust him now

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3. Trump says the world respects America again because of him.

Trump says the world respects America again because of him.

Trump salute generals

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4. Furious right-wing Italian paper brands Trump with a vulgar term in scorching op-ed

This makes me smile. This paper is calling trump out for being an asshole

A right-wing Italian paper went after Trump with a vulgar name amid his spat with the country's prime minister.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-06-20T16:00:10.761Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-italian/

A right-wing Italian paper went after Trump with a vulgar name amid his spat with the country's prime minister.

"Sorry to say it, but I can't find, and perhaps there isn't, another way to say it," a translation of the Italian article from the Libero Quotidiano reads. "Donald Trump is an a—."

The article uses the Italian term "coglione," even using it in the headline, as it blasted Trump for ruining progress towards a friendly relationship with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni by telling an Italian news network that she "begged" him for a photo during the G7 summit. Meloni denied the account and accused Trump of making it up in a fierce response that tore into him.

"Only an a— could ruin everything with a lie so huge as to become ridiculous," the article read. "Why say such nonsense? The answer can only be found in the definition of the word 'a—' which has entered the popular jargon of the Italian language: an inept, stupid person who acts with little intelligence."

Trump stood by his claim that Meloni was a "big fan" of his in comments to NBC News on Friday. Meanwhile, Meloni was cheered on across the world, even called "fabulous," for firing back at Trump.

Although the article attacks "the inadequacy of the American president," it does strike a sympathetic tone by admitting, "it is not the case to declare war on America," and "we do not deny it, we too had placed many hopes" in Trump.

[Zafira Cherry]

5. Impeach 47

There I said it.