Marcos Rogério: Having made these considerations about President Trump's remarks, I want to express my perplexity at the reaction given to President Trump's statement by President Lula and by the PT in Brazil — I repeat: the reaction that Lula and the PT gave to the U.S. President's remarks.
Marcos Rogério: Lula asked Trump not to meddle in our affairs.
But that is precisely where the problem lies: the incoherence of the current government's discourse.
Marcos Rogério: Has President Lula forgotten what PT itself did when he was imprisoned, when he was convicted?
Marcos Rogério: At that time, PT ran around the world asking for international help; they appealed to the UN Human Rights Committee; Celso Amorim created an international committee solely to publicize, Senator Zequinha, information abroad about Lula's imprisonment; they requested an observation mission from the European Parliament; they made a video for Al Jazeera asking for the support of the Arab world; they even sought the Nobel Peace Prize.