Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that he was pleasantly surprised by his first-ever encounter with US President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly, describing it as having “some chemistry” despite months of tensions between the two largest economies in the Americas. The brief meeting occurred Tuesday when Lula was leaving the podium after delivering his speech and Trump was walking in. “I saw him, he saw me, and we embraced,” Trump told the assembly. “We didn’t have much time to talk, like about 20 seconds. … We had a good talk, and we agreed to meet next week”, he added. According to news agency AP , Lula confirmed the exchange, noting Trump appeared “very friendly, very pleasant, and I think that indeed there was some chemistry there

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