Lula won't seek US recognition, seeing election victory as sufficient mandate

diariodocentrodomundo.com.br (Portuguese) —

President Lula will not contact Donald Trump to request US recognition of his re-election, as aides believe doing so would project government weakness. The decision follows Trump's Thursday statement offering to speak with Lula. While Lula accepts dialogue, he will exclude the topic of defeated senator Flávio Bolsonaro, whom officials dismiss as a "closed chapter." The government will ignore Bolsonaro's unproven fraud claims from the US and maintain commercial ties with Washington, viewing Lula's electoral victory as sufficient mandate without American endorsement.


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