Milan, 20 June (LaPresse) – “Arguing with allies is not helpful; I say this from the perspective of the US presidency. Italy is a responsible ally, always there and generous. No one can call into question the good relations between Italy and the United States; there is certainly a problem at the moment because, I repeat, anyone who attacks our Prime Minister is attacking the entire government and the whole country. However, this cannot and must not call into question the good relations and the diplomatic and commercial ties between Italy and the United States, which are independent of the current or future president.” This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of the Lega, Matteo Salvini, on the sidelines of the party’s primaries to select the candidate for mayor of Milan, regarding the latest exchange between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.” “It is clear,” he added, “that these are gratuitous, pointless and unpleasant remarks, but there is no war between Italy and the United States; there are already too many wars, and I hope that the United States will help us to put an end to some of these wars, given that even in Iran it seems to me that things are not going very well. Whilst shooting continues in Iran, Lebanon, Israel, Ukraine and Russia, I believe that the world’s leading power should focus its attention on these war fronts and nothing else.”
Salvini: “Trump’s words are pointless and unpleasant”
Milan, 20 June (LaPresse) – “Arguing with allies is not helpful; I say this from the perspective of the US presidency. Italy is a responsible ally, always there and generous. No one can call into question the good relations between Italy and the United States; there is certainly a problem at the moment because, I repeat, anyone who attacks our Prime Minister is attacking the entire government and the whole country. However, this cannot and must not call into question the good relations and the diplomatic and commercial ties between Italy and the United States, which are independent of the current or future president.” This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of the Lega, Matteo Salvini, on the sidelines of the party’s primaries to select the candidate for mayor of Milan, regarding the latest exchange between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.” “It is clear,” he added, “that these are gratuitous, pointless and unpleasant remarks, but there is no war between Italy and the United States; there are already too many wars, and I hope that the United States will help us to put an end to some of these wars, given that even in Iran it seems to me that things are not going very well. Whilst shooting continues in Iran, Lebanon, Israel, Ukraine and Russia, I believe that the world’s leading power should focus its attention on these war fronts and nothing else.”
