{"id":2599997,"date":"2026-05-07T15:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-meeting-with-brazilian-president-lula-goes-dark\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:33:44","slug":"trumps-meeting-with-brazilian-president-lula-goes-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-meeting-with-brazilian-president-lula-goes-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s meeting with Brazilian president Lula goes dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-meeting-with-brazilian-president-lula-goes-dark%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2599997&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump met with Brazil\u2019s President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da silva at the White House on Thursday in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-meets-with-u-k-prime-minister-johnson-ahead-of-g-7-summit\/\" title=\"Joe Biden meets with U.K. Prime Minister Johnson ahead of G-7 summit\">highly anticipated meeting<\/a> that the press was barred from. Even though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-speaks-to-troops-but-closes-event-to-the-press-report\/\" title=\"Kamala Speaks To Troops, But Closes Event To The ...: Report\">original schedule<\/a> reportedly included a press availability in the Oval office, Brazilian reporters left the campus hours after the planned time without any clarification from the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Trump later said the meeting had concluded in a Truth social statement posted around 2:30 p.m., saying they discussed trade-especially tariffs-and that representatives would meet again too discuss key elements over the coming months. The meeting comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-blinken-pledges-u-s-support-for-gulf-oil-sheikdoms\/\" title=\"Secy. Blinken pledges U.S. support for Gulf oil Sheikdoms\">amid ongoing tensions<\/a> between Washington and Brasilia tied to trade and Lula\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rich-biden-supporter-gets-taste-of-her-own-socialist-medicine-yall-asking-for-handouts\/\" title=\"Rich Biden Supporter Gets Taste of Her Own Socialist Medicine: \u2018Y\u2019all Asking for Handouts\u2019\">left-wing policies<\/a>. It also follows earlier fallout from Trump\u2019s Liberation Day tariffs on Brazilian exports, including later changes and legal challenges to the tariff plan.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, the article says the governance plans to increase Section 301 tariffs against Brazil once Trump\u2019s temporary global tariffs expire, while Brazil is also pursuing legislation aimed at raising costs for American tech companies operating in the country.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4557831\/trump-first-look-ufc-250-arena-white-house-lawn\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> hosted Brazil\u2019s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the White House on Thursday, a highly anticipated bilateral meeting to which the press had no access.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4555530\/trump-disappointed-john-thune-filibuster-save-america-act\/\">Trump<\/a> has previously hosted foreign leaders without making them available to the press, often at the request of the visiting dignitaries. But the original schedule for Lula\u2019s visit included a press availability in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4558903\/karoline-leavitt-welcomes-daughter-vivian\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Karoline Leavitt welcomes daughter Viviana: \u2018perfect and healthy\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4558903\/karoline-leavitt-welcomes-daughter-viviana\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Karoline Leavitt welcomes daughter Viviana: \u2018perfect and healthy\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4558726\/watch-live-trump-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-white-house\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Trump hosts Brazilian president at White House<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Hours after the scheduled time, Brazilian reporters departed campus without an explanation from the White House regarding the change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump himself, who has placed a new focus in his second term on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4558079\/rubio-white-house-moment-america-first-glimpse-post-trump\/\">Latin America<\/a>, announced that the visit had concluded via a statement posted to Truth Social around 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust concluded my meeting with Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, the very dynamic President of Brazil. We discussed many topics, including Trade and, specifically, Tariffs,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe meeting went very well. Our Representatives are scheduled to get together to discuss certain key elements. Additional meetings will be scheduled over the coming months, as necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brazil shares a border with Venezuela, and tensions between Washington, D.C., and Brasilia have flagged since Trump entered office last January, based on trade, Lula\u2019s left-wing policies, and other matters.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Trump\u2019s Liberation Day tariffs slapped a 50% duty on Brazilian exports to the United States. Trump eventually dropped some of those duties over concerns regarding American food costs before the Supreme Court ruled his entire \u201creciprocal\u201d schedule was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4558079\/rubio-white-house-moment-america-first-glimpse-post-trump\/\"><strong>RUBIO\u2019S WHITE HOUSE MOMENT OFFERS GLIMPSE OF AMERICA FIRST AFTER TRUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has signaled in recent weeks that it plans to raise new Section 301 tariffs against Brazil when the president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >stop-gap 10% global tariffs expire<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Brazil has moved to fast-track a new \u201ccompetition\u201d bill that would increase costs on American tech companies operating within the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump hosted Brazil\u2019s Lula at the White House Thursday, but press were excluded; the original schedule included an Oval Office press availability<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2600000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26124765530546_ae1a7d.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[4403,3817,79274,3634],"class_list":["post-2599997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-brazil","tag-diplomacy","tag-lula-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26124765530546_ae1a7d.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2599997"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2600002,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599997\/revisions\/2600002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2600000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2599997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2599997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2599997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}