New Delhi, April 21 -- Calling Tim Cook "an amazing manager and leader" with an "almost incomparable" career, US President Donald Trump praised the outgoing Apple CEO in a post on Truth Social following news of his decision to step down as CEO of Apple Inc.

Trump also drew a comparison with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, saying that while the company would have done well under Jobs, it may not have reached the same heights. "If Steve was not taken from the Planet Earth so young... the company would have done well, but nowhere near as well as it has under Tim," he wrote.

Looking back at his first interaction with Cook, Trump wrote, "For me it began with a phone call from Tim at the beginning of my First Term."

He said he was struck by the...