The European Commission president stated that he could potentially turn the tables and campaign for a US state and US city to leave the United States.
In a video published by Britain’s Channel 4 News, Juncker said: “the newly elected US president was happy that Brexit was taking place and asked other countries to do the same, and if he goes on like that I am going to promote the independence of Ohio and Austin, Texas, in America.”
Juncker, a former prime minister of Luxemburg, was speaking at a meeting of his EPP political bloc in Malta on Thursday: