2026年5月8日 美国东部时间早上7:16 / 福克斯新闻
意大利总理曾出席特朗普就职典礼并造访海湖庄园，但教皇利奥相关争议改变了双方关系态势
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梵蒂冈会谈：乔纳森·莫里斯谈鲁比奥会晤教皇利奥十四世
福克斯新闻特约撰稿人乔纳森·莫里斯就国务卿鲁比奥在梵蒂冈与教皇利奥十四世的高调会晤发表评论，谈及全球各地的冲突。莫里斯对比了唐纳德·特朗普总统对伊朗核计划的强硬立场与教皇一贯倡导和平与核裁军的主张。此次会晤正值教皇利奥当选一周年。
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美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥预计将于周四在罗马会晤意大利总理焦尔吉娅·梅洛尼，此时正值美国与意大利及梵蒂冈的外交关系趋于紧张之际。
此次会晤前一天，身为虔诚天主教徒的鲁比奥在梵蒂冈与教皇利奥及教廷高级官员举行了会谈。此前数周，唐纳德·特朗普总统与圣座之间的言论不断升级，许多观察人士认为此次会晤旨在缓和双方关系。
在特朗普第二任期的大部分时间里，梅洛尼被广泛视为特朗普在主要欧洲领导人中最亲密的意识形态盟友。但随着伊朗战争相关争议，这一关系开始出现裂痕。
不过，近几个月来，这一政治伙伴关系愈发紧张，特朗普与教皇利奥十四世的冲突不断升级，同时意大利方面限制本国领土用于与伊朗战争相关的美军作战行动的争议也加剧了双方的紧张关系。
报道：鲁比奥将访问意大利与梵蒂冈 期间或将讨论撤军呼吁 与特朗普、教皇利奥关系紧张
4月30日，当被问及是否考虑从意大利和西班牙撤军时，特朗普表示：“是的，有可能……为什么不呢？”
“意大利对我们没有任何帮助，”总统说道。
这位意大利总理通过在移民、民族主义、边境安全以及反对进步主义文化政治等问题上的共同立场，与特朗普建立了牢固的融洽关系。梅洛尼是2025年1月唯一一位出席特朗普第二任就职典礼的欧洲领导人，她还曾前往海湖庄园拜访特朗普，以期将自己定位为华盛顿与欧洲之间的关键中间人。
特朗普在海湖庄园会晤意大利总理焦尔吉娅·梅洛尼
两人的关系在公开场合往往显得格外亲密。
在2025年埃及中东峰会上，特朗普公开称赞梅洛尼是“一位美丽的年轻女性”，并开玩笑道：“你不会介意被称为美丽的，对吧？”随后他将梅洛尼描述为意大利全国上下都敬重的“非凡领导人”。
特朗普与梅洛尼在政治上也找到了共同点。
两位领导人都支持更严格的边境执法政策，批评西方机构中的“觉醒”意识形态，并主张在各自国家内部强化民族主义身份认同。特朗普的盟友常将梅洛尼领导的保守派意大利兄弟党描述为重塑欧洲的民粹主义运动的典范。
在梅洛尼公开批评特朗普对教皇的攻击“不可接受”后，双方的分歧显现出来，这促使特朗普予以回击，据报道他曾对助手表示梅洛尼“和我预想的大不一样”。
鲁比奥与教皇利奥举行“建设性”会晤 此前特朗普向梵蒂冈就伊朗问题发送强硬信息
意大利媒体和欧洲分析人士将这场争端描述为两位曾被视为天然政治盟友的领导人之间关系的显著恶化。
梵蒂冈争端对梅洛尼而言尤其敏感，因为首位美国出生的教皇利奥在意大利极具影响力，外国领导人对教皇的批评很快可能会引发政治风波。特朗普有关利奥反对对伊朗战争的言论，在意大利天主教徒群体和部分意大利政治建制派中引发了强烈反弹。
伊朗冲突进一步使双方关系复杂化。据报道，意大利官员对美国进一步军事升级的可能性以及美国使用意大利军事基地的相关担忧日益感到不安。罗马国内也面临着与华盛顿处理冲突的方式保持距离的压力。
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背景中的经济紧张局势也在持续发酵。尽管特朗普今年早些时候降低了部分意大利出口商品的关税，包括意大利面产品，并称之为送给意大利的“新年礼物”，但罗马和布鲁塞尔仍对政府多次威胁对欧洲商品征收更广泛关税感到担忧。
在此背景下，外界普遍认为鲁比奥的访问旨在在政治裂痕进一步加深之前稳定双方关系。预计国务卿将在与梅洛尼及其他意大利官员的会谈中讨论中东安全、北约协调、移民和贸易问题，本届政府致力于维持意大利作为华盛顿在南欧最亲密伙伴之一的地位。
白宫和美国驻意大利大使馆暂未立即置评。
Rubio meets Meloni as Trump–Pope clash clash escalates US strains with key European ally
May 8, 2026 7:16am EDT / Fox News
Italy’s PM once attended Trump’s inauguration and visited Mar-a-Lago but tensions over Pope Leo changed the dynamic
By Morgan Phillips Fox News
Vatican talks: Jonathan Morris on Rubio meeting Pope Leo XIV
Fox News contributor Jonathan Morris discusses Secretary Rubio’s high-profile meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, addressing conflicts around the world. Morris contrasts President Donald Trump’s firm stance on Iran’s nuclear ambitions with the pope’s consistent advocacy for peace and nuclear disarmament. The meeting’s timing marks one year since Pope Leo’s election.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to meet Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Thursday in Rome amid diplomatic tensions with both Italy and the Vatican.
The meeting comes one day after Rubio, a practicing Catholic, held talks at the Vatican with Pope Leo and senior church officials in what many observers viewed as an effort to calm relations after weeks of escalating rhetoric between President Donald Trump and the Holy See.
For much of Trump’s second term, Meloni was widely viewed as Trump’s closest ideological ally among major European leaders. But that relationship has begun to fray amid disputes over the Iran war.
That political partnership, however, has come under strain in recent months, as Trump’s escalating clash with Pope Leo XIV collided with separate tensions over Italy’s limits on using its territory for U.S. combat-linked operations tied to the Iran war.
Rubio will travel to Italy on Wednesday for meetings with Pope Leo and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.(Maria Grazia Picciarella/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Asked April 30 whether he’d consider pulling troops out of Italy and Spain, Trump said, “Yeah, probably. … Why shouldn’t I?”
“Italy has not been of any help to us,” the president said.
The Italian prime minister built a strong rapport with Trump through their shared positions on immigration, nationalism, border security and opposition to progressive cultural politics. Meloni was the only European leader to attend Trump’s second inauguration in January 2025, and she also visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago as she sought to position herself as a key intermediary between Washington and Europe.
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The relationship often appeared notably warm in public.
During a 2025 Middle East summit in Egypt, Trump publicly praised Meloni as “a beautiful young woman” and joked, “You don’t mind being called beautiful, right?” before describing her as an “incredible leader” respected throughout Italy.
Trump and Meloni also found common ground politically.
Both leaders embraced tougher border enforcement policies, criticized “woke” ideology in Western institutions and argued for stronger nationalist identities inside their respective countries. Meloni’s conservative Brothers of Italy party was frequently described by Trump allies as an example of the type of populist movement reshaping Europe
The split became visible after Meloni publicly criticized Trump’s attacks on the pope as “unacceptable,” prompting Trump to lash back and reportedly tell aides she was “much different than I thought.”
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Italian media and European analysts have described the dispute as a remarkable deterioration between two leaders once viewed as natural political allies.
Rubio, a Catholic, held a private meeting with the pope marking the Trump administration’s first engagement with the pontiff in nearly a year.(Photo by Simone Risoluti – Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
The Vatican dispute has been especially politically sensitive for Meloni because Pope Leo, the first American-born pontiff, remains highly influential in Italy, where criticism of the pope by foreign leaders can quickly become politically toxic. Trump’s remarks about Leo’s opposition to the war against Iran generated significant backlash among Italian Catholics and across portions of Italy’s political establishment.
The Iran conflict has further complicated relations. Italian officials reportedly have expressed growing discomfort over the possibility of deeper U.S. military escalation and concerns surrounding American military basing access in Italy. Rome has also faced pressure domestically to distance itself from Washington’s handling of the conflict.
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Economic tensions continue simmering in the background as well. While Trump earlier this year reduced tariffs on some Italian exports, including pasta products, as what he described as a “New Year’s gift” to Italy, concerns remain in Rome and Brussels over the administration’s repeated threats to impose broader tariffs on European goods.
Against that backdrop, Rubio’s visit is widely being interpreted as an effort to stabilize relations before the political rift deepens further. The secretary of state is expected to discuss Middle East security, NATO coordination, migration and trade during his talks with Meloni and other Italian officials as the administration works to preserve Italy’s role as one of Washington’s closest partners in southern Europe.
The White House and Italian embassy in the U.S. could not immediately be reached for comment.
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