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Following anger over her initial silence on Trump's papal attacks, 🇮🇹PM Giorgia Meloni last night issued a statement with her 1st direct criticism of the 🇺🇸president since his re-election in 2024. “Trump’s remarks about the Holy Father are unacceptable"...🧵 davekeating.substack.com/p/orbans-def...

Meloni is actually governing rather than in opposition, limiting her room for manoeuvre. Her whole political career has been defined by her ability to be everything to everyone and yet do almost nothing in the end despite the smoke and mirrors...🧵

She has so far been able to navigate Trump's immense unpopularity in Italy with vague statements such as saying she "neither condemns nor supports" the Iran War. But this shrewd political operator, who has managed to convince the world she is a centrist despite...🧵

...leading the successor party to Mussolini's Fascists, has encountered a conundrum even she can't overcome: reconciling her years of support for Trump with her conservative Catholic base outraged by Trump's attacks on...🧵