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EU's Juncker says Donald Trump calling him 'brutal killer' a 'compliment'

12 June 2019 12:49 (UTC +04:00)

The US and the EU are bracing for talks on a bilateral trade accord as US President Donald Trump has stated he expects big trade deals with both the EU and the UK once the Brexit process is complete, APA reports citing Sputnik.

Speaking at a POLITICO event in Brussels, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker opened up about the US president: “I like him as a person", he offered, while explaining "I cannot present in front of you the long list of mistakes of Mr. Trump."

Juncker said that “in relations with the US, you have to describe the European landscape because this landscape is not so known to our American friends … And the American president is not used to interlocutors telling him, 'You are not right, Donald.'”

Juncker also made mention of encountering the US President when attending a meeting of leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies in Canada in June 2018:

Trump told me: “Jean-Claude - you are a brutal killer”, Juncker said. “It was the first time Luxembourg had become such a danger to the United States. I think he meant it as a compliment, but I am not sure."