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Report reveals what started Trump's feud with Italian pal: 'She doesn't see this as petty'
Trump Breaks the Bond He Used to Bargain WithThe Power Was Never EqualThe source story is simple enough: Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni have blown up a once-useful alliance, with Trump publicly insulting her and Meloni finally answering back. That is the surface.The real story is power. Trump controls the levers that matter here: tariffs, military escalation, and the public humiliation that comes with being turned into a prop and then discarded. Meloni did not lose a friendship. She got caught inside a hierarchy she pretended was mutual.Trump Made Loyalty ExpensiveMeloni spent months trying…
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