Commentator José Eduardo Cardozo and the businessman and former federal deputy Alexis Fonteyne discussed, this Friday (26), in the program The Great Debate (from Monday to Friday, at 11 pm), if there is reasons for the president’s allies Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) fear a meeting with the American president Donald Trump.
The meeting proposal was made by Trump during the UN General Assemblyand Lula said he received the invitation as “a good surprise.” The Brazilian leader said the two countries do not need to live in conflict and that there is a long time to talk, but stressed that.
For Cardozo there is no reason to fear the meeting itself. But, yes, the possibility that it becomes “a circus”.
“Reasons do not to fear a meeting between Trump and Lula, but to fear a circus. Anyone who has seen what happened at the White House knows the risks that any head of state runs when sitting with a person with Donald Trump’s profile. I think Lula should only talk to Donald Trump personally with the real guarantees that this circus will not exist.”
The commentator also stressed that Brazil has the right to maintain independent relations and criticized US government measures in relation to other countries and internal issues.
“We are a sovereign country, we have the right to our opinion and align with whom we want. I went, from the first day, against what Hamas did. But it is not justified what happens in Palestine today, where there is a true genocide sponsored by the far right, with the support of Donald Trump.”
Fonteyne compared the meeting to a match among players with different styles and warned of possible diplomatic risks, especially in the face of Lula’s history with leaders from countries considered by Americans as authoritarian.
“We are talking about a poker player with a truco player, is what is happening in this game. Now, why does Lula have to fear? Because Lula mocked Trump here with a jabuticaba, called a neozazist, called fascist. He hugs a communist country, he hugs [Vladmir] Putin, who is a dictator, is a friend here from Nicolás Maduro, who is a dictator, who there is no democracy. “
Fonteyne added that, despite ideological differences, the meeting involves two nations of great economic importance, and that Brazil must consider its strategic relationships.
“All we Brazilians don’t want is to align with communists and distance us from the largest client, the largest economy in the world.”
