President Donald Trump appeared to ignore Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of a NATO summit, walking past her without acknowledgement ahead of a group photo of alliance leaders. Meloni looked away as Trump passed.
The apparent snub follows a public clash between the two leaders in recent weeks. Trump and Meloni have reportedly been at odds over her administration's refusal to permit the U.S. military to utilize Italian bases during the ongoing Iran war.
Earlier, Trump had claimed that Meloni had sought a selfie with him at the G7 summit in France the previous month. Meloni responded to this assertion, stating she was "appalled" by his "completely fabricated" account. The former president subsequently posted an image on his Truth Social platform of Meloni looking up at him with a smile, accompanied by the caption, "Restraining order needed."