(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on April 14, 2026 shows Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni looking on as she greets Thailand's Prime Minister at the Chigi Palace, Italy's Prime Minister residence, in Rome on May 21, 2024 (L) and US President Donald Trump speaking after signing a presidential proclamation honouring the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 14, 2025 (R). 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 Andreas SOLARO and Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)