Lula says he will go to the G7 summit to “put order in the house”
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) confirmed, this Wednesday (3), that he will participate in the G7 Summit meeting, which will be held in France in June, to “put the house in order” after the offensive by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, against other countries.
“I wasn’t even going to the G7, but now I’m going. Because someone needs to try to put order in the house and put a stop to this thing that’s happening, the dismantling of multilateralism, the dismantling of democracy and the devaluation of institutions”, said Lula during a ministerial meeting.
The Brazilian president also highlighted that “if the UN is not working today” it will not be possible to “repair the world” by destroying it.
According to Lula, new countries need to be considered permanent members of the Security Council, which could make the organization more useful in the face of the growing wave of international conflicts.
“Today we are almost 200 countries, but we don’t whistle anything, we just make speeches, only five members decide, and it’s time to make them take responsibility for improving life on planet Earth”, he concluded.
“We will not cry; we will look for new partners”, said Lula about US tariffs
Brazilian president reinforced national sovereignty and highlighted that the country “will sell to those who want to buy” if the American market is closed by tariffs
Without directly citing Trump, Lula’s speech comes after an American government body released a document suggesting yet another imposition of tariffs on Brazilian products and those coming from other countries, in a new wave of “tariffs”.
At another point in the speech, Lula also reinforced that, given the possible tariff, the Brazilian government intends to look for new economic partners, if necessary, and that the country will no longer accept the “treatment” given by the North American president.
“The important thing is for you to know that we are at a decisive moment for Brazilian society and even global society to recognize the strengthening of democracy in our country”, he highlighted. “Our fight is so that this country is not treated like an insignificant republic. We are big, we have history and we will not accept the treatment that the USA gave to Brazil this week”, he emphasized.
The Brazilian president also stated that he will send another letter to Trump and will write “as many articles as he needs to write in the American and world press” to show that the US is wrong. When mentioning the possible new tariff of 25% against Brazil, Lula was categorical in saying that he will not “keep crying” and that the country will look for new economic partners and sell to “whoever wants to buy”.
