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Do Europe’s populists have a Trump problem?

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June 27, 2026

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PBS NewsHour

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· Jul 2, 2026

Europe's leaders close ranks as they face barbs and pressure from Trump

After Trump questioned Italy's reliability as a wartime ally and claimed Giorgia Meloni had groveled for his attention, European leaders rallied to Meloni's side. It is the latest example of how the often divisive American president is helping to draw Europe closer together.

MS NOW

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· Jun 22, 2026

Trump finds new ways to make his relationship with Italy’s Meloni even worse

The Italian prime minister was supposed to be the one European leader who could get along with Trump. In recent days, the relationship collapsed. The post Trump finds new ways to make his relationship with Italy’s Meloni even worse appeared first on MS NOW.

South China Morning Post

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· Jun 21, 2026

Italy’s Meloni let Trump’s jibes slide for so long. Now, she’s hitting back

US Donald Trump has sparred with most of his fellow Group of Seven leaders at some point. But Italy’s Giorgia Meloni this week did something none of them dared: she escalated. Unlike Spanish Socialist Pedro Sanchez, one of the few leaders in Europe who has made political capital of being berated by Trump, the Italian prime minister had stood out as one of the few Europeans he actually liked: an outspoken conservative at ease talking Maga. But Meloni has also transitioned from a populist...

Kathimerini

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· Jun 26, 2026

How the EU can respond to China shock 2.0

For much of this year, European attention has inevitably been absorbed by the antics of Donald Trump – from his audacious decapitation strike on Venezuela, to his threats to seize Greenland, to his reckless war against Iran that plunged the Middle East into turmoil and delivered the biggest oil shock in decades.

DNyuz

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· Jun 26, 2026

Italy’s furious right-wing leader faces another Trump-related mess: report

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is dealing with another political headache related to President Donald Trump. The prime minister is scrambling to contain domestic political fallout after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte described her country’s support for U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as “massive,” which she says badly mischaracterizes Italy’s actual role in the conflict, reported Politico. []

EUobserver

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· Jun 22, 2026

Trump went too far this time, and got a Meloni tongue-lashing

Voters see Donald Trump's personal abuse, even if the politicians pretend not to. Ties to the Trump administration are now politically toxic in Europe. Meloni, whose roots are in the Italian far-right, is fending off a challenge from the even more rightwing National Future party, led by a fire-breathing, pro-Kremlin retired general, Roberto Vanacci.

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Related coverage for "Do Europe’s populists have a Trump problem?": PBS NewsHour — Europe's leaders close ranks as they face barbs and pressure from Trump. MS NOW — Trump finds new ways to make his relationship with Italy’s Meloni even worse. South China Morning Post — Italy’s Meloni let Trump’s jibes slide for so long. Now, she’s hitting back. Kathimerini — How the EU can respond to China shock 2.0. DNyuz — Italy’s furious right-wing leader faces another Trump-related mess: report. EUobserver — Trump went too far this time, and got a Meloni tongue-lashing