The PT member also stated that the relationship with the Republican was always very sincere after the meeting held with him at the White House
The president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) said that if US President Donald Trump interfered in the 2022 elections, he “lost”, because he won. The PT member, in an interview with journalists after the meeting with Trump this Thursday (7), also said that he does not believe that the Republican will have any influence on this year’s election.
Lula also stated that the relationship with the Republican was always very sincere. “I have reasons to believe that Trump likes Brazil,” said the president. “I think he will behave like president of the United States, letting the Brazilian people decide their destiny”, he concluded.
The president also said he had proposed to about tariffs of imports and exports. The PT member said he suggested that the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services and the United States Department of Commerce study the topic together e .
Lula reported that Trump complained about taxes applied to North American products. The PT member said he had hit and said that the percentage is 2.8%. According to the head of the Executive, the republican stated that there was higher charge12%. Faced with the imbroglio, the Brazilian president proposed the creation of the working group. “Whoever is wrong will give in. If we have to give in, we will give in,” he declared.
Organized crime
Asked if Trump had been spoken to about the possibility of or Red Command (CV) and the First Capital Command (PCC) be classified as terroristsLula said that they did not treat of Brazilian factions. The PT member said that they discussed about the combating organized crime.
The Brazilian president reported that he told the Republican that it was necessary “create economic alternatives” to drug trafficking instead of installing US military bases. “How are you going to stop a country from producing coca if you don’t offer an alternative product so they can plant it and make money? We have to encourage the planting of other things and be the buyers so people can survive,” he said.
Lula said he suggested the creation of a working group with Latin American countries to combat organized crime. For the PT member, It’s not “hegemony” of a country capable of solve the problembut it is something that needs to be “shared with everyone”. “Brazil has expertise, an extraordinary Federal Police and experience in combating drugs and arms trafficking,” he stated.
The PT member also added that the federal government will launch next week one plan to combat organized crime.
