President Donald Trump said Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is welcome to call him “anytime,” as tensions rise between the two governments over new U.S. tariffs and sanctions on a Brazilian Supreme Court justice.
“He can talk to me anytime he wants,” Trump told reporters on Friday at the White House, speaking of his Brazilian counterpart.
Asked why he would impose a 50 percent tariff on certain Brazilian products, the president responded, “Because the people who are running Brazil did the wrong thing.”
Later that day, Lula wrote on X that Brazil “has always been open to dialogue.” He did not mention Trump or his comments….