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Brazil shows American institutions what integrity looks like
Posted on: July 30, 2025 at 11:30:08 CT
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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil is outraged. President Trump is trying to push around his nation of 200 million, dangling 50 percent tariffs as a threat, Mr. Lula said. And yet, he added, the U.S. president is ignoring his government’s offers to talk.
“Be sure that we are treating this with the utmost seriousness. But seriousness does not require subservience,” the Brazilian president said. “I treat everyone with great respect. But I want to be treated with respect.”
Mr. Trump has said that he plans to impose 50 percent tariffs on Brazilian goods, in large part because Brazilian authorities have charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with trying to hold on to power after losing the 2022 election.
Mr. Trump has called the case a “witch hunt” and wants it dropped. Mr. Lula said that was not up for negotiation. “Maybe he doesn’t know that here in Brazil, the judiciary is independent,” he said.
He said that if the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol had happened in Brazil, Mr. Trump would be facing prosecution just like Mr. Bolsonaro.
“The democratic state of law for us is a sacred thing,” he said. “Because we have already lived through dictatorships, and we don’t want any more.”
“Be sure that we are treating this with the utmost seriousness. But seriousness does not require subservience,” the Brazilian president said. “I treat everyone with great respect. But I want to be treated with respect.”
Mr. Trump has said that he plans to impose 50 percent tariffs on Brazilian goods, in large part because Brazilian authorities have charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with trying to hold on to power after losing the 2022 election.
Mr. Trump has called the case a “witch hunt” and wants it dropped. Mr. Lula said that was not up for negotiation. “Maybe he doesn’t know that here in Brazil, the judiciary is independent,” he said.
He said that if the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol had happened in Brazil, Mr. Trump would be facing prosecution just like Mr. Bolsonaro.
“The democratic state of law for us is a sacred thing,” he said. “Because we have already lived through dictatorships, and we don’t want any more.”
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