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Trump Praises Bolsonaro’s Efforts On Amazon Fires

  US President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s response to the fires raging in the Amazon and pledged “full and complete” … Continue reading Trump Praises Bolsonaro’s Efforts On Amazon Fires


Handout aerial picture released by Greenpeace showing fire raging in the forest in the municipality of Candeias do Jamari, close to Porto Velho in Rondonia State, in the Amazon basin in northwestern Brazil, on August 24, 2019.  Victor MORIYAMA / GREENPEACE / AFP
Handout aerial picture released by Greenpeace showing fire raging in the forest in the municipality of Candeias do Jamari, close to Porto Velho in Rondonia State, in the Amazon basin in northwestern Brazil, on August 24, 2019.  Victor MORIYAMA / GREENPEACE / AFP

 

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s response to the fires raging in the Amazon and pledged “full and complete” US support.

His comments on Twitter come against the backdrop of world alarm over the fires in a region vital to the global environment and a side spat between Bolsonaro and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Bolsonaro “is working very hard on the Amazon fires and in all respects doing a great job for the people of Brazil – Not easy,” Trump tweeted. “He and his country have the full and complete support of the USA!”

AFP