Trump accuses ally Meloni of lacking courage for not joining attacks on Iran

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Remarks come as Italian PM suspends defence agreement with Israel amid growing domestic pressure over conflict

Donald Trump lashed out at one of his closest allies on Tuesday, saying Italy’s Giorgia Meloni lacked courage in light of her failure to join the US in attacking Iran.

“I’m shocked at her.

I thought she had courage, but I was wrong,” the US president said in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

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