US President Donald Trump has urged Brazilian officials to abolish their prosecution of former President of the country Zayer Bolsoro, accusing them of “witch hunting”.
Bolsono, who ruled Brazil between 2019 and 2022, has allegedly prosecuted the current President Luiz Eneasio Lula Dr. Silva for attempting to try to attach. The former leader has denied participation in any alleged conspiracy.
In a social media post, Trump said Bolsonaro “was not guilty of anything, apart from fighting for people,” and told the prosecutors to “leave Bolsoro alone!”
President Lula said that Brazil is a sovereign country that “will not accept interference or instructions from anyone.”
“No one is above the law. Especially those who threaten the rule of freedom and law,” he wrote in a post on X.
In his earlier posts on Truth Social, Trump praised Bolsorno as a “strong leader”, “really loved his country”.
The US President compared Bolsoro’s prosecution to legal matters he faced himself between his two presidents.
Trump said, “This is nothing more or less than an attack on a political opponent – something that I know a lot! It happened to me, 10 times,” Trump said.
Bolsono thanked Trump for his comments, describing the case as “clear political oppression” in a social media post against him.
Responding to Trump’s comments, the Minister of Institutional Affairs Glissy Hoffman said: “When Brazil was subject to America, it was the time of Bolsonaro.”
He said, “The US President should take care of his problems, which are no less, and respect the sovereignty of Brazil and our judiciary,” he said.
Lula, as behind and fourth lula, hosted representatives of China, Russia and other countries at a BRICS summit at Rio de Janeiro.
Trump had earlier threatened to carry additional tariffs against countries What did they say to the “anti-American” policies of the block,
With a pair meeting at the White House in 2019, Trump and Bolsono enjoyed a friendly relationship.
Both men later lost the presidential election and both refused to accept the defeat in public.
A week after Lula’s inauguration in January 2023, Thousands of Bolsonro supporters storm government buildings In the capital, Brasilia, federal investigators, say there was an attempt of a coup.
Bolsono was in the United States at that time and he always denied any link to the rioters.
He has been barred from running to the public office by 2030, claiming that Brazil’s voting system was unsafe for fraud, but he has said that he intends to fight that ban in 2026 and run for a second term.
Speaking in court for the first time last month, Bolsonro said that a coup was a “disgusting thing”. The 70 -year -old can face decades in jail if convicted.
