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