{"id":20157,"date":"2026-04-15T03:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=20157"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:55:16","slug":"trump-slams-italys-meloni-calls-her-unacceptable-and-lacking-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/15\/trump-slams-italys-meloni-calls-her-unacceptable-and-lacking-courage\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump slams Italy\u2019s Meloni, calls her \u201cUnacceptable and lacking courage\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Donald Trump, President of the United States, has launched a fresh verbal attack on a key European ally, criticizing Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, as \u201cunacceptable and lacking courage.\u201d<br>According to Fox News, Trump made the remarks in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, published early Wednesday.<br>The U.S. president noted that just a month ago he had described Meloni as a \u201cgreat leader,\u201d but now expressed frustration, saying she relies on Washington while failing to take concrete steps in support of U.S. positions, particularly regarding Iran.<br>Trump accused Meloni of lacking courage and not backing American efforts against Iran.<br>Tensions between the two leaders have escalated in recent days after Meloni condemned Trump\u2019s sharp criticism of Pope Leo, calling his remarks \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<br>This is not the first time Trump has publicly criticized close U.S. allies. Earlier this week, he also targeted the Catholic leader, prompting the pope to respond that he is not afraid of the Trump administration and will continue to speak out against war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Donald Trump, President of the United States, has launched a fresh verbal attack on a key European ally, criticizing Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, as \u201cunacceptable and lacking courage.\u201dAccording to Fox News, Trump made the remarks in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, published early Wednesday.The U.S. president noted that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20158,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20157\/revisions\/20158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}