Tuesday, March 19, 2019

President Trump Meets Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro



Reuters: Trump forges bond with Brazil's Bolsonaro in White House visit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazil’s new far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro forged a bond over their shared brand of conservative and populist politics on Tuesday, with Trump pledging to give more U.S. support to Brazil’s global ambitions.

In a joint news conference in the White House Rose Garden, Trump said he told Bolsonaro he would designate Brazil a major non-NATO ally and possibly go further by supporting a campaign to make Brazil “maybe a NATO ally.”

Bolsonaro, a former army captain who rode to the presidency with a brash, anti-establishment campaign modeled on Trump’s 2016 run, has declared himself an unabashed admirer of the U.S. president and the American way of life.

He praised Trump for changing the United States in a way he said he hopes to change Brazil.

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WNU Editor: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro knows what bottoms to press when it comes to President Trump .... See Trump's reaction when Bolsonaro uses term 'fake news' (CNN).

More News On President Trump Meeting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

Trump meets with Brazil's president: Live Updates -- CNN
Trump praises Brazil’s far-right president at White House -- AP
Trump warns 'twilight hour of socialism has arrived' and threatens to slap 'tough sanctions' on Venezuela while hosting Brazilian leader who blasts 'gender ideology' and 'fake news' -- Daily Mail
Trump suggests admitting Brazil to NATO alliance -- The Hill
Jair Bolsonaro backs Trump's border wall ahead of White House meeting -- The Guardian
Bolsonaro in Washington: Brazil's leader on first trip abroad -- Al Jazeera
Brazil’s New President Signals Better Relations With the U.S. -- RCP

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Axis: Trump, Bibi, Bolsonaro

Anonymous said...

You mean the three stooges.

Anonymous said...

Knows what "bottoms" to press?
Calling Sigman Freud.

WNU you've got a typo in your comments.

Chris said...

I don't think admitting Brazil into NATO is legal. The North Atlantic Treaty, I believe, limits new members to Europe plus whatever criteria its members insist on. Brazil could certainly be integrated into a joint defense structure somehow, but I doubt there is consensus in Brazil to join NATO or anything similar.

What might be better would be an organization that the Latin American democracies, who want to defend democratic institutions in the hemisphere, could coordinate and act as a diplomatic bloc. Unfortunately, who constitutes such a bloc would change every other election. Peronist Argentina would not be interested, though non-Peronists would. Bolsonara might be interested in Brazil being a member, but Lula probably would not. Chile seems to be stable enough, but Peru and Colombia are not. It would take a long time for even a handful of potential members to reach internal consensus on such a group, and a formal organization might prevent good relations with countries who would be obvious "targets" of such a group (Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, previously Ecuador - the "Bolivarian" regimes) most of whom would be more likely to redemocratize in absence of such a formal organization. As such, probably an informal grouping and strengthened ties within bilateral or existing multilateral institutions (like the OAS) is probably preferred.

Mike Feldhake said...

You two are idiots....

Anonymous said...

Feldkake, you don’t understand. Nobody cares what you think. Anywhere by anyone.

Mike Feldhake said...

You obviously did....LOL!!

Anonymous said...

Samba!

Anonymous said...

I listen to Feldhake as apposed Philoctes, Bob , Poster and certain anons.