New Delhi, April 21 -- A day after Apple announced that its Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is stepping down from his post, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) heaped praises on Cook, and called him an "incredible guy" who had an "amazing career". Trump also called himself a big fan of Apple's CEO.

In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote, "I have always been a big fan of Tim Cook, and likewise, Steve Jobs, but if Steve was not taken from the Planet Earth so young, and ran the company instead of Tim, the company would have done well, but nowhere near as well as it has under Tim."

Recalling his first interaction with Cook during his first term as the US President, Trump added, "For me, it began with a phone call from Tim at the...