So says EU Commission president Juncker in Brussels 26 May

  • Trump talked about German trade surplus but not true he took aggressive stance
  • did not say German was misbehaving
  • Trump agreed that Brexit was an incident not a trend

J-C "it's 5 o'clock somewhere" Juncker speaking from the G7 Summit in Brussels alongside Tusk who says:

  • this G7 will be the toughest in years
  • we want to build bridges not walls
  • Trump agreed EU was more united after Brexit than before
  • positively surprised by Trump's comments on Brexit
  • EU can continue common policy with US on Russia,inc sanctions and Minsk accord.
  • Trump was very tough on N Korea and can count on EU support

Juncker and Tusk - EU heads in Brussels to save the world