Rome, May 8, 2026 (AFP) - Rubio meets Italian PM after Trump criticism

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2026-05-08

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday, the second day spent calming tensions in Rome following criticism by President Donald Trump. The day after a "friendly and constructive" audience with Pope Leo XIV, whom Trump lambasted for his anti-war rhetoric, Rubio will meet with far-right Meloni at her office in Rome. Meloni is one of the US president's closest European allies, but he has sharply cri......

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