Trump considers making Brazil a full NATO member as he welcomes Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to the White House
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump at the conclusion of a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, US on March 19, 2019. and received plenty backin announcing a special relationship that he said could even see the Latin American country join NATO.
Trump, stressing Brazil's partnership in the US-led campaign to force hard-left Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power, said Bolsonaro was "doing a fantastic job" and had "brought the country together." In return, Bolsonaro got one of the main items on his wish list: agreement for Brazil to be given NATO privileges. This "major non-NATO ally" status would ease Brazil's access to US weaponry and other military links.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation already has 29 countries. None are from Latin America and none, like Brazil, are located in the South Atlantic.Washington has had strained relations with Brazil's long string of leftist governments but the rise of Bolsonaro, who talks enthusiastically of combating socialists and communists, has opened a new door f or the Trump administration.
Trump has withdrawn the US from the Paris Climate Agreement, an international deal on cutting carbon emissions. Bolsonaro is toying with following suit.
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