Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Europe, sided with Pope Leo XIV in his feud with the president.

In her first direct rebuke of Trump since he retook office, Meloni denounced his comments criticizing the pope, made over the weekend.

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