Posted on 08/06/2025 12:01:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
He further indicated that he would not impose retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has declined to personally call President Donald Trump to resolve the ongoing trade dispute, telling Reuters that to do so would be a "humiliation."
"The day my intuition says Trump is ready to talk, I won't hesitate to call him," he told the outlet. "But today my intuition says he doesn't want to talk. And I'm not going to humiliate myself."
He further indicated that he would not impose retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. Trump slapped the South American nation with a 50% tariff after warning the nation against pursuing charges against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazil has pursued charges against Bolsonaro over a post-election riot by his supporters in which they stormed key buildings of the Brazilian government. Bolsonaro was not in the country at the time.
The Treasury Department has since imposed sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the judge overseeing the case.
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Lulu getting pretty big for his britches.
Saving face is far more important than the wellbeing of your nation.
50%? Is that all? Seems Trump needs to up the ante a bit.
“Who told you to put the tariff on? I didn’t tell you to put the tariff on! You people and your tariffs.”
The USA’s “free trade” policies have long-supported the aggressive central planning (and thus the domestic politics) of Brazil, and particularly, China. The US becomes the outlet for the product of their excess labor, and over-investment.
It’s not a 100% a one-way street though. This keeps the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency (for now), supports US debt, and thus supports US government bloat, wokeness, and Wall Street
But its wrecked havoc on Main Street, US industrial jobs, and strategic industries
“Lula da Silva has declined to personally call President Donald Trump to resolve the ongoing trade dispute, telling Reuters that to do so would be a “humiliation.””
Yes, the macho Latino is a proud man, even though he has very little to be proud of.
He’s not much of a “macho man” with that girlie name Lula.
We’ll see how tough he and that scumbag judge is when they are thrown out of office next term. /spit
Whatever.
Brazil.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has declined to personally call President Donald Trump to resolve the ongoing trade dispute
I think we can see what the problem is...
He should call him just to tell him “FU”. He knows he can’t win.
Cool, make it 75%!!
Con respeto-the word you want is “wreaked”-not “wrecked”. I don’t really think Brazil is crucial to US industry-and Colombian coffee is better, too...
He is an embarrassment to Brazil. Just a cheap communist thug.
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