'Absence Of A Leader Means Nothing For G20': Lula Mocks Trump’s Boycott | APT - video Dailymotion

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva publicly rebuked Donald Trump for boycotting the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, mocking the US president’s absence and warning that multilateralism will outlast Washington’s push for unilateralism. Lula criticised Trump’s withdrawal from global institutions, raised alarm over the US military buildup in the Caribbean near Venezuela, and insisted South America must remain a zone of peace. He also dismissed Trump’s remarks about Jair Bolsonaro’s arrest, stressing Brazil’s sovereignty and the independence of its justice system. Lula further highlighted upcoming Mercosur-EU trade deal plans and challenged global critics by claiming Brazil’s fuel emits less CO₂ than that of major industrial nations. #brazil #trump #US #g20 #apt

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00:00Mr. President, President Trump didn't come, but he will have to preside over the next G20 in the

00:08United States, and he will be present, and we will all be there to support the G20.

00:14The absence of a leader means nothing to the G20. It means nothing because the G20 represents the

00:2120 largest economies in the world. And I think that the G20 today is the great forum for

00:27multilateral decisions and has the respectability of the entire economy.

00:38President Trump has been demonstrating this for some months now. He has already distanced himself

00:43from UNESCO, he has already distanced himself from the World Trade Organization, you know?

00:49He is trying to preach, you know, the end of multilateralism, trying to strengthen unilateralism.

00:57I think multilateralism will win.

01:05Well, I'm worried because South America is considered a zone of peace.

01:12We are a continent that doesn't have, you know, nuclear weapons, we don't have atomic bombs,

01:17we don't have anything there. Our business is to work to develop and grow.

01:22I am very concerned about the military apparatus that the United States has placed in the Caribbean

01:32Sea, you know? It worries me a lot, and I intend to talk to President Trump about it because it is

01:40concerning me. Brazil has a responsibility in South America. Brazil borders Venezuela,

01:47and that's no small thing. And I think it makes no sense to have a war now.

01:57In other words, let's not repeat the mistake that happened in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

02:02In other words, to start, all it takes is one shot.

02:11Jair Bolsonaro's arrest has been ordered. I would like to know what your reflection was upon being

02:16informed of the news and the particular circumstances surrounding the attempt to disable the electronic

02:22ankle monitor.

02:23He was judged. He had every right to the presumption of innocence.

02:32It was practically two and a half years of investigation, of plea bargaining, of trial.

02:38In other words, the justice system has decided, it's decided, he will serve the sentence that the

02:44justice system determined, and everyone knows what he did.

02:47Are you listening? Just a minute. That has nothing to do with it. I think Trump needs to know that

02:56we are a sovereign country, that our justice system decides, and what is decided here is final.

03:02For you, what is the solution to maintain the vitality, to keep the G20 alive?

03:09Either to Brasilia or to Iguazu Falls, or even in Brasilia to sign the Mercosur European Union

03:14agreement, which I think will be signed on December 20th, to have a guarantee that this

03:21agreement will be signed, and will be signed during your term as president of the Mercosur

03:25group. We have scheduled a bilateral meeting. I will be in Hanover at the world's largest

03:31industrial fair.

03:36I will be in Ranov to prove that our fuel, our diesel, our gasoline emits less CO2 than their

03:42fuel. I'm going to do a test there. I've already challenged him, I've challenged Mercedes-Benz,

03:52that we will prove that Brazilian fuel emits less CO2 than the fuel of other countries.

03:57The participation of everyone. Until next time, thank you, everyone. Thank you.

04:04Thank you, guys.

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