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malaise

(296,726 posts) Tue Apr 14, 2026, 10:32 AM 10 hrs ago

US president Donald Trump criticised Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, a political ally, in an interview published

on Tuesday for her unwillingness to help in the Iran war.

“I’m shocked at her. I thought she had courage, but I was wrong,” he told Italian daily Corriere della Sera.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/14/middle-east-crisis-live-hezbollah-urges-lebanon-to-pull-out-of-talks-with-israel-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz-begins
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The level of ignorance is mystifying. People don’t follow incompetent liars with no plan. Too many lives are at stake.

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US president Donald Trump criticised Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, a political ally, in an interview published (Original Post) malaise 10 hrs ago OP

We have no allies left JBTaurus83 10 hrs ago #1

Sure looks that way malaise 10 hrs ago #2

Trump doesn't have any friends because he's so unlikable, so now United States doesn't have any friends Walleye 10 hrs ago #3

+1. No one wants to be friends with a crazy dangerous snake. dalton99a 10 hrs ago #6

More- Italian PM condemns ally Trump over 'unacceptable' Pope criticism malaise 10 hrs ago #4

. dalton99a 10 hrs ago #5

JBTaurus83

(1,511 posts)

1. We have no allies left

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 10:34 AM

10 hrs ago

We have a couple of autocratic cultists in the Middle East that yank our demented dictator around to serve their agenda.

malaise

(296,726 posts)

2. Sure looks that way

Reply to JBTaurus83 (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 10:38 AM

10 hrs ago

No sensible people will follow this kakistocracy
Rec

Walleye

(45,036 posts)

3. Trump doesn't have any friends because he's so unlikable, so now United States doesn't have any friends

Reply to malaise (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 10:41 AM

10 hrs ago

Being untrustworthy is part of being unlikable

dalton99a

(94,554 posts)

6. +1. No one wants to be friends with a crazy dangerous snake.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 11:00 AM

10 hrs ago

malaise

(296,726 posts)

4. More- Italian PM condemns ally Trump over 'unacceptable' Pope criticism

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 10:42 AM

10 hrs ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp841y07w5xo

Donald Trump's remarks about Pope Leo XIV were "unacceptable", Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said.
The US president accused the pontiff of being "WEAK on Crime and terrible for Foreign Policy" in a long Truth Social post, later telling reporters he was "not a big fan".
"The Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, and it is right and normal for him to call for peace and to condemn every form of war," Meloni said in a statement.
Meloni, who is a Catholic and heads a right-wing coalition government, is a close ally of Trump and had so far been reluctant to condemn the US president's harsh criticism of Pope Leo.
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There goes Italy. Something’s are easy to predict.

dalton99a

(94,554 posts)

5. .

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 10:43 AM

10 hrs ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp841y07w5xo

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