India, July 6 -- The intense tussle between US President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took a new turn on Monday when Italy responded to Trump's latest attack following souring of relations between the two leaders.

On Monday, Trump shared a purported picture of Meloni and him on his Truth Social account and the title above it read: "Restraining order needed".

Italian defence minister Guido Crosetto had sharp response to Trump's post. He told news channel Sky TG24 that "people come and go but relations must endure".

Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani also had a muted response to the post, saying that he was "sure that transatlantic relations go well beyond individual comments", as reported by news agency AF...