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2naSalit

(104,654 posts)
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 03:39 PM 19 hrs ago

Trump's LAST European Ally Calls Him a LIAR - Meloni: "Neither I Nor Italy EVER Beg" House of El



Giorgia Meloni was Trump’s last major ally in Europe. Now she has publicly accused him of fabricating a story about her, and on the same day, Airbus confirmed that its A320 family has surpassed 20,000 cumulative orders, widening the gap with Boeing.

🇮🇹 Meloni called Trump’s claims about her “completely fabricated” and said, “Neither I nor Italy ever beg.”
🇺🇸 Italy’s foreign minister cancelled a scheduled visit to Washington after the rupture.
✈️ Airbus has now surpassed 20,000 A320-family orders, while Boeing’s 737 remains behind despite launching decades earlier.
🇨🇳 Chinese airlines are shifting major orders toward Airbus, including Xiamen Airlines and China Southern.
🛩️ Italy had already cancelled Boeing’s KC-46 tanker order and moved toward Airbus.
📉 The same pattern is visible in diplomacy and industry: trust is being lost, contracts are moving, and Europe is building alternatives.
⚠️ The prediction: the Meloni-Trump rupture will not heal before the NATO summit, while Airbus continues to widen its lead over Boeing.
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Trump's LAST European Ally Calls Him a LIAR - Meloni: "Neither I Nor Italy EVER Beg" House of El (Original Post) 2naSalit 19 hrs ago OP
Trump is a liar and everyone knows it...he's disgusting... wcmagumba 18 hrs ago #1
Ever pour a little salt on a slug? I did as a kid and the slug shriveled and became immobile. Deuxcents 17 hrs ago #2
News you can use from the opinion editors of the Italian right-wing daily Libero: LetMyPeopleVote 16 hrs ago #3
It sure feels like the pace of his fuckups is accellerating sboatcar 16 hrs ago #4

Deuxcents

(28,138 posts)
2. Ever pour a little salt on a slug? I did as a kid and the slug shriveled and became immobile.
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 05:04 PM
17 hrs ago

This reminds me of Meloni poring salt on the slug who lies and then shrivels along with the contracts the slug boasted about. 🐌

LetMyPeopleVote

(183,665 posts)
3. News you can use from the opinion editors of the Italian right-wing daily Libero:
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 05:55 PM
16 hrs ago

News you can use from the opinion editors of the Italian right-wing daily Libero:

"TRUMP IS AN ASSHOLE"
www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/esteri/...

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2026-06-20T12:46:10.950Z

sboatcar

(917 posts)
4. It sure feels like the pace of his fuckups is accellerating
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 06:28 PM
16 hrs ago

Can he hurry up and take a dirt nap, please?

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