🪄 Can Lula be a Trump whisperer?

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had said he had no plans to attend this year's G7 summit in the French Alpine town of Évian-les-Bains. But after Washington this week threatened to slap Brazil with tariffs steep enough to function as a de facto embargo on much of its exports to the US, the Brazilian president found a reason to pack for France.

The summit will take place on June 15-17 and will be Lula's tenth G7 appearance, more than any other Brazilian president. But the invitation matters less than…

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