Key Facts

• Lula da Silva is traveling to the U.S. to meet with President Donald Trump.
• Reports of the trip first appeared in the Brazilian newspaper O Globo.
• Reuters confirmed the trip, citing two anonymous Brazilian officials.
• Lula is expected to travel on Wednesday and meet Trump on Thursday.
• The White House has not officially confirmed the visit.
• Lula and Trump have had a complicated relationship but have started to improve ties recently.
• The two leaders spoke by phone in January and met briefly at an ASEAN summit in October.
• Past tensions included U.S. tariffs on Brazilian goods and disagreements over Brazil’s handling of political cases involving Bolsonaro.