President Trump discusses Amazon fires with controversial Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro.
President Donald Trump spoke to counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on the phone Friday, the same day the Brazilian president authorized his country's army to assist in fighting massive wildfires currently consuming parts of the Amazon rainforest.
Just spoke with President @JairBolsonaro of Brazil. Our future Trade prospects are very exciting and our relationship is strong, perhaps stronger than ever before. I told him if the United States can help with the Amazon Rainforest fires, we stand ready to assist! "We share the Brazilian government's concerns about the Amazon forest fires and their impact on the region's communities and natural resources," the spokesperson added.
"I had an excellent conversation today with the President @realDonaldTrump. Relations between Brazil and the U.S. are better than ever," he tweeted in Portuguese."We have a mutual desire to launch a major trade negotiation soon to promote the prosperity of our peoples. While it's unclear if the fires were natural or deliberately set, Bolsonaro's government has called for a double-digit increase in deforestation, according to The Associated Press. He went on the offensive and blamed nongovernmental organizations for intentionally setting the fires to make him look bad -- a claim for which he offered no evidence.
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