After attacking immigrants, Bolsonaro backtracks and apologizes.
After insulting immigrants by stating in an interview with Fox that "immigrants who go to the US don't have good intentions," Bolsonaro backtracked, apologized for the comment, and said he was mistaken.
Reuters - President Jair Bolsonaro apologized on Tuesday for comments he made the previous day in an interview with Fox News, acknowledging that he was mistaken in stating that most immigrants who go to the United States do not have good intentions when entering the country.
In a press conference in Washington, after meeting with US President Donald Trump, Bolsonaro said that a large portion of the immigrants who go to American soil do indeed have good intentions.
In the interview, Bolsonaro also said that he did not discuss the World Trade Organization (WTO) in depth with Trump, after the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, stated that the US wants Brazil to leave a list of WTO beneficiaries in exchange for US support for Brazil's entry into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
In an interview alongside Bolsonaro after their meeting, Trump said that the US supports Brazil's entry into the OECD.
When questioned about the situation in Venezuela, Bolsonaro said that diplomacy will be used first and foremost, to the fullest extent, to resolve the political, economic, and social crisis in the neighboring country. He declined to comment on whether he had privately discussed with Trump a possible military action in Venezuela.
The president also noted that China, which is currently engaged in a trade war with the US, is Brazil's main trading partner and said he will visit the Asian country in the second half of this year.
In the interview, Bolsonaro also defended the agreement signed for the United States to commercially use the Alcântara rocket launch base in Maranhão, arguing that it was idle and could generate gains for Brazil. He also defended the Brazilian decision to exempt American tourists from entry visas to Brazil, arguing that the measure could increase the country's tourism sector.