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'All hell breaks loose' as Italy's PM goes ballistic over 'made up' Trump story
Trump’s Humiliation Politics, and Meloni’s LimitsThe immediate story is simple: Trump said Meloni begged for a photo, Meloni called it invented, Italy canceled a planned Washington visit, and her foreign minister treated the insult as one directed at the country. But the political meaning is larger than a spat over a dinner-table anecdote. This was a public demonstration of hierarchy, followed by a diplomatic response that made the hierarchy visible.Power Was Never SymmetricalThe important fact is not that two right-wing leaders had a falling-out. It is that one of them is the president of…
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