Overview

• The comment was captured as President Trump opened a White House summit to the press and invited European leaders to take questions.
• Meloni is heard saying she never wants to speak with Italian reporters and later suggesting they skip questions because the group was too large and time would run long.
• The audio circulated via an AP video published by La Stampa and briefly appeared on a Palazzo Chigi livestream before the feed was cut.
• Italy’s press federation Fnsi, through secretary general Alessandra Costante, said the incident aligns with a pattern of avoiding Q&A in favor of long online monologues.
• Opposition figures including Angelo Bonelli, Riccardo Magi, Carlo Calenda, Silvia Fregolent, and Osvaldo Napoli condemned the stance, and no formal government clarification was reported.