Lula to meet Trump in the U.S. on Thursday, sources say – Valor International
President Lula will travel to the United States to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday at the White House, sources close to the Brazilian president told Valor.
The meeting with Trump, which has been postponed since the beginning of the year due to the conflict with Iran, will take place amid Lula’s low popularity and an unfavorable relationship with Congress. This follows the Senate’s rejection of the nomination of Attorney General Jorge Messias to Brazil’s top court. Therefore, behind the scenes, the president’s aides will work to turn the agenda into a positive event to demonstrate that Lula has international prestige.
In early February, Lula stated that the visit to Trump was expected to occur in the first week of March.
This will be the third in-person meeting between the two presidents since Trump began his second term, and the second one in the U.S. The two had a brief encounter, lasting approximately one minute, behind the scenes at the UN General Assembly in September, right after Lula’s speech and immediately before Trump’s address at the event.
In January, during a phone call, Lula and Trump arranged for Lula’s official visit to the U.S., but the agenda has been delayed due to the war in the Middle East. Lula has publicly criticized the conflict and the United States’s position in the war. This will be Lula’s first official visit to Washington. He is expected to travel on Wednesday and return to Brazil on Friday.
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