(FILES) US President Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2025. US President Donald Trump on April 14, 2026 launched a stinging criticism of Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of his main European allies, over her unwillingness to join the Iran war. "I'm shocked at her. I thought she had courage, but I was wrong," he said in an interview with Italian daily Corriere della Sera. Meloni, Italy's far-right leader since October 2022, has been one of Trump's closest allies in Europe and often seeks to act as a mediator between diverging US and European views. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)