The tensions between Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump reopen the internal fractures in the American conservative world, between old Maga loyalists, new alliances and republican scenarios towards 2028.
There are significant repercussions that the new clash between Donald Trump And Giorgia Meloni could have on the American conservative world. Yesterday, the former Republican congresswoman, Marjorie Taylor Greenerelaunched on X the video with which the tenant of Palazzo Chigi replied to the interview that the American president had given to La7. «I believe that Giorgia Meloni it’s fantastic! Trump mind. Constantly,” she wrote Taylor Greene accompanying his post.
In short, a full-blown endorsement. Which is significant. Although at the moment it does not have too much political weight, the Taylor Greene was once a major supporter of Trump. Then, starting last year, their relations gradually deteriorated. The then congresswoman in fact began to criticize the American president on various fronts: his policy on Israel and Syria, inflation and the Jeffrey Epstein. In other words, the Greene he is one of those figures from the Maga political-media world who have dramatically broken with the current occupant of the White House, accusing him of having abandoned his original Trumpism. From this point of view, another character placed on a similar line is the conservative journalist Tucker Carlson who, once a strong supporter of the current president, argued with him above all because of the war in Iran.
These ruptures are, at least in part, the direct consequence of the “desert crossing” that Trumpism has led in the four years of the Biden administration. Disappointed by the Democratic Party, various worlds once hostile to Trump (Silicon Valley, national security apparatus, high bureaucracy of the Pentagon) have gradually moved closer to the Republicans, grafting onto the original Trumpism, which, although not monolithically isolationist, was more concentrated on the protection of the blue collar workers of Rust Belt and, therefore, on the issues of reindustrialization and post globalization. Since 2025, these two souls of the Maga world have often entered into dialectics, resulting in some ruptures, such as those of the Greene and of Carlson.
It is therefore interesting that the former Republican congresswoman sided with the Melons. A Melons which had already, at least in part, divided the Maga world. If the majority of it viewed it favorably, Steve Bannonin March, criticized her for not giving enough support to Trump in the Hormuz crisis. A further interesting aspect to note is that Bannonthe Greene And Carlson they all come, albeit with different traits and sensitivities, from that original Trumpism we talked about: original Trumpism which, in its media-political sphere, split over the conflict in Iran (if Carlson as mentioned, is against war, Laura Loomer supports it). From this point of view, what is also interesting is the bank which, in 2025, was recorded among the Melons and Elon Musk: an exponent of those new “grafts” who he was, not surprisingly, at loggerheads with Bannon. By the way, too Musk last year he broke up with Trumpand then significantly mend (especially given the growing interdependence between SpaceX and the Pentagon).
But be careful. The implications of the new rift between the American president and the Melons they could break into the US administration itself. Over the last year and a half, the tenant of Palazzo Chigi has formed a very cordial relationship with Marco Rubio and with JD Vance (who, after having signed the preface to the US edition of the volume «La versione di Giorgia», also quoted the prime minister in his latest book, «Communion»). Now, in the short term, the clash between Trump and the Melons risks putting both the vice president and the secretary of state in an awkward position. However, the topic is more complex. Yes, so be it Vance That Rubio they are very interested in applying for the nominations Republican presidential election in 2028. From this perspective, both look favorably at maintaining convergence with the Melons. If the Italian center-right were to win the elections next year and, in 2029, one of the two were to become president of the United States, both Vance That Rubio they would hope for a side with Rome to stem the Franco-German axis and, above all, to try to loosen relations between the EU and China.
Meanwhile, the US press reported the news of the new clash between Trump and the Melons: from NBC News al Wall Street Journalpassing through the Washington Postthe various newspapers have reported on the tensions, recalling that there was a time when the two leaders were close allies. Although not impossible, it seems increasingly difficult that that time will return. The Iranian conflict has also contributed to digging a deep rift between the two sides of the Atlantic. So it’s from here that Vance And Rubio they will have to leave to try to bring them closer together.
