Lula Warns: “I’ll Call Trump Again” If US–Brazil Talks Stall After COP30 | APT - video Dailymotion

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he is ready to personally call U.S. President Donald Trump again if trade and diplomatic negotiations between the two nations fail to progress after COP30, the UN climate summit hosted in Brazil this month.  Lula confirmed that Brazil’s vice president and finance minister are prepared to travel to Washington to continue talks, urging the U.S. to lift sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court justices and remove tariffs imposed earlier this year.  Lula also said Trump “doesn’t believe in a green economy,” but added that he believes Trump — and all world leaders — will eventually realize the urgency of environmental change.

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00:00After the meeting with President Trump, I told him it was very important that our negotiators

00:11start talking soon.

00:15I suggested it be that same night.

00:19It wasn't that same night, but it was the next morning at 8 o'clock, okay?

00:26There was a first meeting, and now my Minister of Foreign Affairs, my Vice President, and

00:30my Minister of Finance are prepared to schedule a new meeting, if necessary, to go to Washington

00:35to negotiate.

00:40And I told President Trump in no uncertain terms, and I gave it to him in writing.

00:46You know?

00:51So that it wouldn't be like that saying that words fly away, I gave it in writing, we want

00:55him to waive the sanctions against our Supreme Court justices and we want the tariffs to

00:59be zeroed so we can start discussing from scratch.

01:07If there's anyone who doesn't like me, it's because they don't want to like me.

01:11But I never do anything to make someone dislike me.

01:16Because I think it's good for the American war team here in the seas of Latin America.

01:22I had the opportunity to talk to President Trump."

01:26So, after the COP is over, if the meeting hasn't happened, I'll have no problem calling

01:31President Trump, I'll have no problem going to Washington, I'll have no problem going

01:35to New York, and I hope he'll have no problem coming to Brazil.

01:40We are the two largest democracies in the Western world, and therefore, the more respect we

01:48show each other, the more cordiality we convey to the world, the better it will be for the

01:52United States and the better for Brazil.

01:57To continue growing.

01:59So, after that, China has advanced a lot.

02:13President Trump told me that I don't believe in a green economy.

02:17He will believe it because at some point he will realize.

02:24That we don't have many alternatives, you know?

02:27At some point he will realize.

02:30So, I learned a life lesson a long time ago in the labor movement.

02:52So I think that all presidents, including Trump, will change their position.

02:57It's just a matter of time.

02:59I insisted that he come here, insisted, go and see the Amazon, man.

03:03Go on, you'll realize that our mood improves wonderfully, you know?

03:07It gets, it gets much better.

03:14Thank you very much, abrigado.

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