Overview
- Media reports say President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to travel to Washington for a White House meeting with President Donald Trump later this week.
- Reuters, citing two anonymous Brazilian officials, reported that Lula could fly on Wednesday for a meeting on Thursday.
- The White House has not confirmed the visit.
- O Globo first reported the planned trip, which other outlets then echoed.
- The potential visit follows a tense start to ties that included U.S. tariffs on Brazilian goods and U.S. pressure over a case involving Jair Bolsonaro, after which Lula and Trump held a January phone call and a brief October meeting.