Trump Torches Italy’s Meloni for Her Defense of Pope Leo XIV and Stance on Iran War

Meloni lacks courage, says Trump.

As the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is ongoing, and the fragile US-Iran ceasefire still holds, Donald J. Trump keeps fighting the PR-social media war with guns blazing, never leaving an attack, a slight, or an affront unanswered.

This time, his target was Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, once an ally.

Meloni has just weathered a defeat in an important referendum on Judicial reform, and is now toeing the public opinion line very carefully, leading her to strive to keep away from the Iran confrontations, and to defend Pope Leo’s interference in political issues, denouncing Trump’s criticism as ‘unacceptable’.

So, today, Trump told an Italian newspaper that he was ‘shocked’ by Meloni’s behavior.

Trump said that he expected her to be more courageous, delivering ​scathing criticism to Meloni.

Trump blasts Meloni:

Does the Italian public like the fact that your prime minister isn’t giving us any help in getting the oil?

Do people like it? I can’t imagine they do.

I’m shocked by her. I thought she had courage—I was wrong.

Source: Corriere pic.twitter.com/lahtJcDCDK

— Clash Report (@clashreport) April 14, 2026

Reuters reported:

“Trump responded in an interview with Corriere della Sera, saying ​Meloni was ‘very different from what I thought’ and denouncing her for refusing to ​help re-open the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blocked by Iran.

‘I’m ⁠shocked by her. I thought she had courage. I was wrong’, he is quoted as ​saying in the Italian-language article posted online.”

When criticizing her for failing ​to back US efforts in the Middle East, Trump said Meloni wanted America ‘to do the job for ‌her’.

“Asked ⁠about her condemnation of his comments on Pope Leo, he said: ‘She is the one who is unacceptable, because she does not care whether Iran has a nuclear weapon and would blow Italy up in two minutes if it had the chance’.”

Trump:

“Iran would blow up Italy in two minutes if it had the chance.”

Source: Corriere https://t.co/MztqEj2w03 pic.twitter.com/LfTsZKVE6l

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 14, 2026

“’They (Italy) ⁠pay the ​highest energy costs in the world and are not ​even ready to fight for the Strait of Hormuz… They depend on Donald Trump to keep it open’, ​Trump said.”

Read more:

Pope Leo XIV BLASTS Trump’s Iran Warning as ‘UNACCEPTABLE’ (VIDEO)

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