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Don't regret anything: Meloni stands by efforts to woo Trump amid feud

Amid weeks of public sparring over Iran, personal insults and social media posts, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday said she had "no regrets" about trying to build a close relationship with US President Donald Trump. Speaking after the NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday, Meloni defended her efforts to build ties with Trump, saying her approach had always been guided by Italy's national interests and her belief in a united West rather than personal politics. Asked whether she regretted trying to cultivate a close relationship with Trump, Meloni paused, drank a full glass of water and replied firmly: "No, I absolutely don't regret anything I've done." "I don't regret anything I've done. I made a political investment out of conviction in the unity of the West; I championed it across the board. It’s not a strategy I put in place with the arrival of Donald Trump. I did it with all my counterparts, all the interlocutors I’ve faced," she added. Meloni was once viewed as Trump's ones of the closest political ally in Europe. She was the only European head of government to attend his inauguration and had often been described as a bridge between Washington and European capitals. Instead, she stressed that despite their recent differences, she still believed they shared common ground on several policy issues. "Clearly, with Donald Trump there were affinities, there are affinities on some policy issues, from immigration to woke culture, so obviously I thought it could be simpler," she said.