Trump also said he is ‘very strongly’ looking at U.S. support for Brazil’s effort to gain certain NATO privileges
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to the White House, in Washington, D.C., on March 19, 2019.U.S. President Donald Trump praised Brazil’s new far-right leader Tuesday as he welcomed him to the White House, saying the man who’s been described as the “Trump of the Tropics” has done “a very outstanding job.”
“We’re very inclined to do that,” Trump told reporters, describing the relationship between the two countries as better than ever. Days after taking office Jan. 1, Bolsonaro, a former army captain, said Brazil would consider letting the U.S. have a military base in the country as way to counter Russian influence in the region, particularly related to Brazil’s neighbour Venezuela.
“For the first time in a while, a pro-America Brazilian president arrives in DC,” he wrote. “It’s the beginning of a partnership focused on liberty and prosperity, something that all of us Brazilians have long wished for.”“Nowadays, you have a president who is a friend of the United States who admires this beautiful country,” he said.
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