Former president stated that friction with Trump helped strengthen sovereignty narrative and criticized Lula’s “provocative letter” to the American
The former president (MDB) stated on Monday (15.Set.2025) that criticism of the government of the president of the United States, Donald Trump (Republican Party), to the Brazilian judiciary strengthened the president’s image (PT). He stated that the petista took advantage of US sanctions to Brazil to strengthen the discourse of national sovereignty and instrumentalize it to his advantage.
“This US gesture recovered the figure of Lula, invoked national sovereignty, ‘here no one puts his foot, etc..’said Temer during an interview with the program “Roda Viva”as well TV Cultura.
Despite understanding that friction with the US brought political benefits to Lula, Temer criticized the attitude of the president and said that if he were in his place, he would call Trump. “In these issues, one should not think of an electoral issue, one must think of Brazil. I would call Trump. Dialogue is critical. You know that I think he would answer the phone. And if it answers, a dialogue begins.”he said.
Temer also criticized the article written by Lula on Sunday (14.Set) in the New York Times. “I am sorry to say, but this letter was provocative, it was a letter to the Brazilian people. There it is said that Trump is dishonest, which is false”declared the former president.
Since the US was imposed on 50% tariffs on Brazilian products, Lula has not yet made contact with the US President.
On the date the rates came into force on 6 August, the petista has the “intuition” that Trump does not want to talk and, therefore, will not “Humiliate” to try to solve the situation. The Republican that the Brazilian President “You can call whenever you want”. A month later, on September 5, Lula that Trump “You don’t want to talk” About the tariff.
