Flávio Bolsonaro defends the USA and says that Lula licks China's boots

Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) during live this Wednesday (8).
Reproduction/Youtube/Flávio Bolsonaro
Amid the risk of a new tariff offensive by the Donald Trump government against Brazil, the pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic for the PL, senator Flávio Bolsonaro, defended the United States this Wednesday (8) and said that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) "licks China's boots".
On Tuesday (7), Flávio Bolsonaro participated in a public hearing at the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on the new tariff.
"I came [to the United States] to protect Brazil from tariffs and also from Lula. Everyone sees how embarrassing Lula is being internationally, someone who attacks the United States at all times, makes a point of saying that he is anti-American (...) Someone who has an ideological position, which is different from mine, obviously, but he [President Lula] does something that I would never do, which is to put ideology above the interests of the people. That's what he's doing. He licks his boots of China and throws rocks at the United States", said Flávio Bolsonaro in an internet broadcast.

At the hearing, Flávio Bolsonaro was accompanied by his brother, the impeached deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, who lives in the United States and who, in 2025, when the first taxation on Brazilian products was announced, even thanked President Donald Trump.
In his speech, the senator criticized the Lula and PT governments, stated that this is the "worst possible moment" for the application of the measure and defended its postponement.
Brazilian government response
The Brazilian government presented last Thursday (2) a formal response to the conclusion of the United States investigation into the new tariff proposal.
Donald Trump's administration accuses Brazil of "unreasonable" practices that "encumber or restrict" trade with the North Americans. Among them are PIX, illegal deforestation, piracy and failures in the application of anti-corruption laws.
In a document sent to the American government and signed by Chancellor Mauro Vieira, Brazil argued, in seven points, that the USTR did not prove that Brazilian policies are discriminatory or create barriers to US trade.

Source: G1