European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico a "complete idiot" during a phone conversation over his talks with US President Donald Trump, Fico revealed this during a press conference, according to ta3.
According to the Slovak prime minister, he discussed tariffs with Trump that the US president plans to impose on Europe. For this, Ursula von der Leyen scolded him for half an hour, calling him a "complete idiot."
"Today, I had a phone conversation with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. We discussed two topics. The first was the tariffs imposed against us. She scolded me terribly: 'Robert, what have you done? Why on earth did you hold such talks with Trump? Are you normal?' She berated me for half an hour, saying I was a complete idiot," Fico said.
Later, the Slovak prime minister claimed he was joking about Ursula von der Leyen "scolding him terribly" and that Slovak media and the opposition supposedly misunderstood it.
"I believe that the President of the European Commission understood the joke from today's press conference when I told journalists that she severely reproached me for not doing anything to prevent the US from imposing new tariffs on the whole world (as the Slovak opposition claims). I'm afraid that Slovak media and the opposition did not get the joke," he wrote on Facebook.