The interview given by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) to the agency Reuters On Wednesday (6) continues to reflect inside and outside Brazil.
In the publication, the petista defended the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and said that former President Jair Bolsonaro should face further accusations because he allegedly instigates the rates imposed by US President Donald Trump. Lula also said he will not be “humiliated” in commercial negotiations with the White House.
This Thursday (7), the Fox News It repercussions the case, remembering that the Brazilian ruler considers the surcharge an “unacceptable blackmail.”
The American station cited the indirect clash between Trump and Lula, who have not yet talked about tariff policy.
Earlier this month, the Republican even mentioned the president of Brazil at a news conference at the White House, in which he said that the petista can call him “when he wants” to discuss 50%tariffs. Lula would have responded in X, not to mention the American counterpart, that the country “has always been open to dialogue”, something he also claimed in an interview with the newspaper The New York Times recently.
A Fox News He also recalled the dispute between the leaders regarding the treatment given by Brazil to former President Jair Bolsonaro, whose defense appealed on Wednesday against house arrest decreed by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF.
The American broadcaster highlighted an excerpt from the interview given to Reutersin which Lula defends the Supreme Court by saying that the court “does not care what Trump says, and should not.” The petista also said that Bolsonaro and his children were “traitors of the homeland.”
