President Donald Trump said he agreed to meet next week with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after an impromptu interaction between the two leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
“I must tell you, I was walking in and the leader of Brazil was walking out. We saw him, and I saw him, he saw me, and we embraced,” Trump said in his speech at the annual gathering Tuesday, delivered after the Brazilian leader also addressed the organization. Trump has clashed with Lula, as the Brazilian president is known, over the conviction of Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for attempting a coup.
Trump began his speech to the UN General Assembly by venting his frustration that the UN hadn’t done more to support his diplomatic efforts.
For more on Trump’s speech, Bloomberg News Senior Reporter Myles Miller spoke with Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu on Bloomberg Intelligence. (Source: Bloomberg)
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