Transcript of a short pull-aside between President Trump and the President of Brazil with multiple reporters interjecting. Core topics: U.S. tariffs on Brazil (Trump defends fairness and signals negotiations), Brazil–U.S. bilateral deal-making (Brazil eager for closer ties; the Brazilian president brought a written agenda), relations with China (Trump expects a deal and mentions upcoming meetings with Xi), references to Bolsonaro (Trump expresses sympathy) and Venezuela (Trump says it won’t be a focus). Tone is conversational, negotiation-minded, and often terse; much of the exchange is forward-looking ("we'll see," "we'll work out some deals").
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Mr. President, are you convinced or were you convinced by the Brazilian government that the reasons you presented to impose tariffs on Brazil were not fair?
No, I think everything's fair. Look, you know, we have economies and a lot of respect for your president, as you know, a lot of respect for Brazil. So we'll see. We'll probably work out some deals. I'll leave these guys, work them out, but I think we're going to work out some deals.
We have to get.
We have to get certain things. Wait, who's that shouting? Who shared it is that you don't share. Don't share. Who was. Well, first of all, let me just say it's a great honor to be with the president of Brazil. It's a great country. It's a big, beautiful country. And I think they're doing well. I think they're doing very well, from what I understand. And I think we should be able to make some pretty good deals for both countries. And I'm going to leave that a little bit to Jamison and Scott and Marco and different ways. Marco, less. Less on the economics. You could do it very well, but I don't think you'll have to. But I think we'll have. I think we'll be able to do some pretty good deals. We've been speaking and I think we'll end up having a very good relationship. We always have had a good relationship. I think it'll continue.
I think the press would have good news after we end the deal. Brazil is highly anxious to have an extraordinary relationship with the U.S. There's no reason for having any kind of conflict between Brazil and I believe that when two presidents sit around the. And each one raises their viewpoint. And then we can forward to meet your deal afterwards. And I am. Before I came here, I was very optimistic to advance the relationship between Brazil. We have time, but I have an agenda to discuss. I bought it in writing of our agenda already in English. I don't know if we'll have time to discuss all the issues here. So that's why I brought it in writing.
You said yesterday that under the right conditions you would reduce the tariffs of Brazil. What are those conditions?
We're going to see. We're dealing on it right now and we'll be discussing it for a little while and I think we'll probably come to a conclusion pretty quickly. We know we know each other. We know what each other wants. I think we'll come to a conclusion. I think we'll come to a lot of conclusions this week. This has been A very big week. We concluded a war just now. We just had the official signing and that was a great honor. That's actually why we came here. We had Cambodia and Thailand and really lots of others. We've done eight, and we're looking to do number nine, which would be Russia and Ukraine. So we've got a lot of good wars. Please go ahead.
How are you feeling about Mr. Bolsonaro, Mr. President?
Well, I've always liked him. I've always liked him. I feel very badly about what happened to him. I've always thought he was a straight shooter, but, you know, he's gone through a lot.
Is this on the agenda today?
He's gone through a lot.
Is this on the table today?
It's none of your business. Where about China, Mr. President, are you concerned with. About President relations with China and its privilege? No, I think we're going to do well with China. I think we're going to have a deal with China, as you know, in South Korea with President Xi. I think we're going to have a good deal with China. And they want to make a deal. And we want to make a deal. We've agreed to meet. We're going to meet then later in China and we're going to meet in the US in either Washington or Palm Beach. So now I think, you know, a lot of these talks where we meet. We've done a lot of discussions before we meet. We've done discussions with Brazil. So I think we're going to end up having a good deal for both countries. I think with China, that's going to happen. And we have other deals. You know, we have Japan, we have South Korea. We have a lot of. A lot of meetings, but people seem to be very interested in China. I think we're going to have a very fair meeting with China.
Can you lift some of the turrets today from Brazil?
Brazil is requesting. Yeah, we can do things fast. We move quickly. We're very nimble.
Situation. Do you plan to discuss the situation?
Not you again, please. Is there a headline? Go ahead, please. Are you discussing your actions in Venezuela today? Is there anything you're asking the Brazilians? I don't think we're going to be discussing Venezuela. They're not involved with Venezuela. They're not doing what? Venezuela? No, I would discuss if they want to discussing, but no, I don't think we're going to be discussing. Yeah, please, in the back. Mr. President, besides Bolsonaro, is there anything that Brazil can offer to improve relations with the U.S. we're going to find out in probably 15 minutes. It'll be. It'll go very quickly. They can offer a lot and we can offer a lot, and it's good for both countries.
Please, Mr. President, you in Asia making all of these deals in China's backyard. What should they take away from this strong U.S. presence?
I don't think they should take away anything. I think we're going to have a good deal with China. I think we're going to make a deal. It's going to be great for China, great for us. I mean, you know, we have a lot of things that are good for both. And we know pretty much we've been dealing with China. You know, we don't just meet in a vacuum. We've had a lot of discussions. Jamison, Scott, Howard, Marco. On different things. We've had a lot of discussions with China. We have with Brazil, too. We're not walking into the room, like, with no knowledge. We're walking in with great knowledge. And the meetings don't even have to take that long, frankly. We know pretty much where we are, and we know where they are.
I would like to suggest that the press will continue the interview after the meeting. Waste time or lose time talking with the journalists.
They're not great questions today, I must say. Very blessed. We'll see you later. Thank you.
