Breaking up is hard to do?

(FORT COLLINS, CO) As recently as October 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump was heaping praise on Giorgia Meloni, telling the Italian prime minister how “beautiful” she was.

But what once looked like a political romance based on equal parts ideological alignment and strategic convenience is now reading like a classic breakup story.

Originally published on theconversation.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

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