The president () minimized this Friday (8) the support of () for the elected president of the United States, claiming that the Brazilian does not have votes in that country and did not influence the result.
The PT member supported Democrat Kamala Harris, who was defeated. He defended a relationship of respect and civility with Trump. “Two heads of state, although they may have political and ideological differences, when they meet, what prevails is the interest of the State, not personal interest,” he said.
The statements were made in an interview with CNN Internacional. A first excerpt was released by the broadcaster. The full version should air this Friday.
“Bolsonaro was president and I defeated him. If he was supporting Trump, he doesn’t have votes in the United States, Trump wouldn’t have won the elections,” he said.
“I think each candidate establishes a strategy to win the elections. And I want to say clearly to the American people: I will have a respectful relationship with President Trump as head of the Brazilian State. I hope he will have a respectful relationship with Brazil as head of the American State. Now, if we establish this line of behavior, of civility, of respect, everything else becomes much easier”, he added.
The answer was given when asked whether the Republican’s victory could be good for Lula or help the former president return to power. The presenter also called Bolsonaro the “Trump of the tropics”, and Lula smiled.
This was Lula’s third demonstration about Trump’s election. Hours after confirmation, the American.
“My congratulations to President Donald Trump on his electoral victory and return to the US presidency. Democracy is the voice of the people and it must always be respected. The world needs dialogue and joint work to have more peace, development and prosperity. I wish you luck and success to the new government”, he wrote.
Hours later, he said he expected a “civilized” relationship with the American, just as he had with other US presidents in their first two terms.
“Look, I’m not going to think about the worst that could happen with the election of a president from another country. I don’t know Trump personally. I know him from hearing about him, from reading articles about him, from seeing him on television. But I hope that coexistence is the civilized coexistence that I already had with the [George W] Bush, which is from , which I already had with [Barack] Obama, which I already had with [Joe] Biden,” he said.
Lula also said that he respects people who are democratically elected. Before winning the election, Trump had said he would accept the result if the “election was fair.”
“He was elected president of the United States. Period. Therefore, I respect the fact that he was elected by the American people. I hope he cares about working so that the world has peace. I hope he works to improve the life of the American people, that’s why he was a candidate”, said Lula.
Donald Trump was declared president-elect at around 7:30 am this Wednesday (6), when he reached the mark of 276 of the 538 Electoral College votes. In addition to the victory in the electoral college, the new president is also strengthened at the polls for having won the popular vote.
Until the afternoon of this Wednesday (6), with those confirmed in almost all states, he had registered 51% of the popular votes, against 47.6% for .
Trump will still govern with a majority in both houses of the US Congress.
