![Italian PM Meloni Denies Trump Claim She ‘Begged’ for G7 Photo]](https://i2.wp.com/s.france24.com/media/display/0c7efee0-6bfa-11f1-b317-005056a97e36/w:1280/p:16x9/capture-11412217636a356b0eb17678-43159022.jpg?ssl=1 "Italian PM Meloni Denies Trump Claim She ‘Begged’ for G7 Photo]")
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Original headline: “Italy: Meloni says Trump ‘made up’ story that she ‘begged’ him for photo”
Original body: Donald Trump claimed that Giorgia Meloni had ‘begged’ for a photo with him during the recent G7 summit. He added that he wasn’t obliged to do it but that he felt sorry for her and agreed.
Let me create a clean, rewritten version with a fresh headline and professional body text. Italian PM Meloni Denies Trump Claim She ‘Begged’ for G7 Photo]
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has refuted former U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that she “begged” for a photograph with him during the recent G7 summit, calling the claim fabricated. Trump had previously claimed he agreed to the photo out of pity for Meloni, though she explicitly denied ever making such a request. The exchange highlights the ongoing diplomatic tensions and verbal sparring between Western leaders in public discourse.