Trump destroyed Lula during his visit to the White House because of his anti-US alignment

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, held a private meeting this Thursday at the White House with the socialist president of Brazil, Lula Da Silva, where issues such as trade between the two countries and tariffs were discussed.

Trump said that the meeting was positive and that “our representatives are scheduled to meet to discuss certain key elements,” adding that “additional meetings will be scheduled over the next few months, as needed.”

Although it had been anticipated that the two leaders would have contact with the press and hold a joint press conference, hours later it was confirmed that the meeting would be held in private. Breitbart News reported that Lula wanted the meeting to be without journalists out of fear of questions that might be asked and because Trump reproached the socialist leader for his

anti-American behavior.

Lula and his defense of regional dictatorships

It should be remembered that Lula described Trump's war against Iran to prevent the Islamic regime from building a nuclear bomb as “crazy” and that he was also critical of the dismissal of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás

Maduro last January.

“The self-determination of peoples, their territorial integrity and their sovereignty must not be violated. Just as [Vladimir] Putin had no right to invade Ukraine, Trump has no right to intervene in Venezuela or to threaten Cuba,” said Lula, who also outlined a defense of the Cuban dictatorship

with his words.

Last July, using his presidential powers, Trump imposed a 40% tariff on Brazil, declaring the country presided over by the leftist a “threat to national security”. That round of tariffs were in addition to the 10 percent tariffs that the Republican tycoon had imposed for Liberation Day on April 2

, 2025.

In November, Trump exempted certain Brazilian products from the 40% tariff, including coffee, meat and other agricultural products. Months later, in February, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned part of Trump's tariffs, to which the president responded by instituting a global tariff rate

of 15%.