Meloni Clashes with Trump over Pope, NATO

0:00Italian Prime Minister Georgia Maloney is clashing hard with US President Donald Trump after he slammed Pope Leo XIV for pushing peace. Over the war with Iran, Maloney, once Trump's top European buddy, called his attacks on the Pope, straight unacceptable, saying it's normal for the Holy Father to condemn war. As head of the Catholic Church, she doubled down Tuesday, offering full solidarity to the Pope and saying she'd feel uneasy in a world where religious leaders just follow, politicians. Maloney's also blocking US military from using a base in Sicily and froze a deal with Israel to pull back from Middle East fights. Trump fired back in an Italian newspaper interview, emitting he shocked and thought she was braver. He accused her of not helping NATO or ditching nuclear threats from Iran, calling her way off from what he expected. Americans aren't feeling Trump these days, with 66% viewing him negatively, and that might have hurt Maloney's recent referendum loss. Even her deputy, Mateo Salvini, who's hung with Trump before, backed the Pope as a

1:04peace champion and said attacking him, ain't smart. This blow up highlights shifting alliances across the Atlantic, with Maloney charting her own path amid rising pressure at home. This has been Calgary News today, powered by AI.