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President Donald Trump said he had a "very good" phone call with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday, their first substantive conversation since the pair sparred over U.S. tariffs and the prosecution of former president Jair Bolsonaro.

"We will be having further discussions, and will get together in the not too distant future, both in Brazil and the United States," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "I enjoyed the call — our countries will do very well together!"

The exchange marked a thaw in what had become one of the more contentious diplomatic relationships in the Western Hemisphere. Since returning to office, Trump has frequently clashed with Lula’s leftist government over trade, energy policy, and the tre

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