Lula arrives at the White House to mend fences with Trump after a year of tariffs and disputes

Thursday, May 7th 2026 - 15:08 UTC

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was received on Thursday by his American counterpart Donald Trump at the White House, in his first official visit to Washington since his return to power in 2023 and the second face-to-face meeting between the two leaders, following a brief 45-minute encounter on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur last October. The meeting, formalized as a working session rather than a state visit, seeks to consolidate the fragile bilateral truce reached after one of the most severe diplomatic crises in two centuries of relations between the two most populous democracies in the Americas. Read full article

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imoyaro
I'll bet Brasso is seething...
May 07th, 2026 - 04:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
For the first time in your entire life, you're right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thy_JsQQKNY&list=RDMMThy_JsQQKNY&start_radio=1
May 07th, 2026 - 07:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pugol-H
Braz
Yeah, we had to send the King for that job, no point in sending that blithering idiot Starmer.

HM earned his pay that trip.
May 07th, 2026 - 11:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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