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ROME \u2013 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio opened his second day of fence-mending meetings Friday with talks scheduled with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in a bid to ease tensions over the war with Iran.<\/a><\/p>\n

President Donald Trump’s tariffs, his complaints about Europe’s unwillingness to help the U.S. with the war and his attacks against Pope Leo XIV<\/a> have fueled weeks of sharp disagreements over trade and defense cooperation between the two traditionally strong allies.<\/p>\n

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