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

[malaise]

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.

[JBTaurus83]

1. We have no allies left

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

[malaise]

2. Sure looks that way

No sensible people will follow this kakistocracy
Rec

[Walleye]

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

Being untrustworthy is part of being unlikable

[dalton99a]

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

[malaise]

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

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]

5. .

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