While planning grape seeds in the Dawn Palace, the president said he hoped that, someday, Trump visit the country so that they ‘can talk’ and ‘know the real Brazil’
O He addressed his American counterpart, on Saturday (16), in a video recorded in the garden of his residence, which claims to be “planting food, nonviolence and hatred”. In the midst of a diplomatic and commercial crisis with the world’s greatest power, Lula planted a grape seed-one of Trump’s punitive tariffs-at Alvorada’s palace and shared the moment in a video recorded by the first lady, “Janja” da Silva.
“I hope one day you can visit us and we can talk so you know the real Brazil,” says Lula to Trump in the video, published in his X account. “This is an example. I’m planting food and not planting violence and planting hate,” the president adds. In early August, Trump imposed 50% rates on various Brazilian products, among the highest in the world. He justified the decision by claiming that the Brazilian court is crashing a “witch hunt” against its ally, former President Jair Bolsonaro, tried for an alleged coup attempt against Lula in 2022.
Tariffs affect several important exports of the largest economy in Latin America, such as coffee, fruits and meat. In addition, the United States sanctioned Minister Alexandre de Moraes, who presides over the case of Bolsonaro, and seven other ministers of the . Lula expressed support for the Supreme Court and promised to “defend (…) the sovereignty of the Brazilian people”. Bolsonaro will hear his verdict between September 2 and 12. If convicted, he can catch about 40 years in prison.
Today was the day to get your hands dirty and to plant the first grape foot victory of the palace of Alvorada. Brazilian grape, without seed, developed by Embrapa.
Here, we plant food and not violence or hatred.
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– Lula (@lulaoficial)
*With information from AFP
