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In a speech earlier this week, the EU Commission president said he would push for Ohio and Texas to split from the rest of the country if the US President does not retreat from his eurosceptic stance. Brexit campaigner and former Ukip leader Nigel Farage tore into the threat from the Brussels boss, as he branded Mr Juncker a “complete and total idiot”. “Well I think what Mr Juncker has done is made himself look a complete and total idiot,” the MEP told Fox News. “He’s comparing the United States of America, which has a common culture and a common desire to be a nation, with the United States of Europe that he wants to build and impose upon the peoples of Europe.

FOX NEWS • EU COMMISSION Nigel Farage branded Mr Juncker a 'complete and total idiot' after the speech in Malta

“Brexit has happened, Trump was a supporter of that project, and now frankly, this idiot, because I can’t think of a better word, says that he’ll campaign for Ohio to break away from the USA. “I think the European Union and Jean-Claude Juncker just lost whatever credibility it had in the USA.” In his speech at the centre-right European People Party’s (EPP) annual conference in Malta, Mr Juncker said: “Brexit isn’t the end. “A lot of people would like it that way, even people on another continent where the newly elected US President was happy that the Brexit was taking place and has asked other countries to do the same.

I think what Mr Juncker has done is made himself look a complete and total idiot Nigel Farage

“If he goes on like that I am going to promote the independence of Ohio and Austin, Texas in the US.” Mr Juncker added: “Brexit isn’t the end of everything. We must consider it to be a new beginning, something that is stronger, something that is better.” The comments sparked a storm both in Europe and the US at a time when relations between Washington and Brussels are already strained over the Continent’s Nato contributions. Following the speech, a spokesman for the bloc insisted the remarks were not meant to be taken literally.

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