Theresa May may have held hands with U.S. President Donald Trump, but European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker went full Brezhnev.
After meeting with Juncker in the White House on Wednesday and pledging to resolve their differences over trade, Trump tweeted a photo of the two embracing, the Commission president’s lips hovering over his neck in a signature Juncker move.
“Obviously the European Union, as represented by @JunckerEU and the United States, as represented by yours truly, love each other!” Trump wrote.
“Great meeting on Trade today with @JunckerEU and representatives of the European Union,” Trump tweeted minutes earlier. “We have come to a very strong understanding and are all believers in no tariffs, no barriers and no subsidies. Work on documents has already started and the process is moving along quickly. European Union Nations will be open to the United States and at the same time benefiting by everything we are doing for them. There was great warmth and feeling in the room — a breakthrough has been quickly made that nobody thought possible!”
That’s a long way from 11 days ago, when Trump called the EU America’s biggest foe.
Obviously the European Union, as represented by @JunckerEU and the United States, as represented by yours truly, love each other! pic.twitter.com/42ImacgCN0
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2018