WE'LL SEE HOW HIS ANSWERS
COMPARE TONIGHT, WITH TOMORROW.
ON THE LOCATION OF HIS FIRST
FOREIGN TRIP, WE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH
PRESIDENT TODAY.
I STARTED OUT BY ASKING HIM
ABOUT THE TRADE TALKS.
>> NOT ONLY TRADE, BUT WE DO
WISH TO ENGAGE IN THE GREATNESS.
WE WANT TO INCREASINGLY SEEK OUT
A PROPER UNDERSTANDING.
BRAZIL DOES HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO
OFFER THE U.S.
>> THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF A U.S. BASE,
MILITARY BASE BEING LOCATED IN
BRAZIL.
I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS
ABOUT RUSSIA AND VENEZUELA
HAVING JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES
AND THEIR INFLUENCE IN THE
REGION.
ANYTHING ON THAT FRONT?
>> WE WILL TALK MORE ON OUR
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
>> OUR PRESIDENT HAS THAT
EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE WITH
RESPECT TO THE U.S.
WHAT ROLE DO YOU SEE THEM
PLAYING?
>> TRUMP DID MENTION ALL
POSSIBILITIES.
WE TALK ABOUT ALL POSSIBILITIES
BECAUSE WE FACE CERTAIN
CONSTRAINTS.
IT'S REALISTICALLY POSSIBLE, BY
WAY OF ASSISTANCE OR AIDED, THE
U.S. CAN OVERCOME THE ISSUE.
THE ONE COUNTRY THAT IS MOST
INTERESTED IN PUTTING IT INTO
THE DRUG TRAFFICKING
DICTATORSHIP IS BRAZIL.
TODAY WE HAVE A NEW IDEOLOGY AND
NEW APPROACH AS BRAZIL AND WE
FEEL VERY MUCH OBLIGED TO SEEK
OUT A MORE APPROPRIATE
ALTERNATIVE SO THAT WE CAN GO
BACK TO PEACE, DEMOCRACY AND
LIBERTY.
>> Shannon: THERE ARE MORE
POLLS THAT SHOW IN THE U.S. THAT
SAY YOUNGER SOCIALISM SHOWS
FAVORABLY.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM ABOUT
THE REALITIES OF SOCIALISM >> AS
FAR AS FIZZLING PEOPLE ARE
CONCERNED, YOU'RE RIGHT.
BUT CURRENTLY THE YOUNG PEOPLE
HAVE VERY MUCH TURNED THEIR BACK
ON SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM.
I OFTEN STATED THAT THAT'S
PRECISELY THE WAY FOLLOWING THE
WAY POLITICS WAS ADDRESSED,
WHICH LED A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION
OF THE BRAZILIAN POPULATION,
YOUNG POPULATION, SO ADHERE TO
THAT APPROACH.
>> SO WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE
HERE IN THE U.S. WHO LOOK AT
SOCIALISM AND HAVE A FAVORABLE
ASSUMPTION ABOUT IT, THAT THEY
SEE SOMETHING POSITIVE THERE?
>> I SEE PRESIDENT TRUMP
FIGHTING THAT TREND AND I
COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
I THINK HE'S RIGHT.
TO A CERTAIN EXTENT WE ARE DOING
VERY MUCH THE SAME THING IN
BRAZIL.
I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO THINK
ABOUT SOCIALISM, LOOK AT THE
EXPERIENCE OF FRANCE WHERE
BORDERS ARE OPEN TO RECEIVE
REFUGEES WITHOUT ANY KIND OF
SORTING OR FILTER, AND HAVING
OPEN BORDERS, IT'S NOT ALL A
GOOD DECISION.
>> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE
WHETHER IT'S OUR PRESIDENT WITH
A WALL OR TIGHTENING IMMIGRATION
STANDARDS OR ASYLUM OR REFUGEES,
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WOULD
OVERCOME.
>> I BELIEVE THOSE WHO SAY WHAT
THEY HAVE TO SAY AGAINST THE
WALL, IF THEY REMOVE THE DOORS
AND THE WALLS FROM THEIR OWN
HOMES.
THE BEST MAJORITY, THEY DO NOT
INTEND IT TO DO THE BEST OR GOOD
TO THE U.S. PEOPLE.
I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE THE U.S.
TO UPHOLD THE CURRENT
IMMIGRATION POLICY BECAUSE TO A
LARGE EXTENT WE OWE OUR
DEMOCRACY IN THE SOUTHERN
HEMISPHERE TO THE UNITED STATES.
>> PEOPLE HAVE DONE A LOT OF
PARALLELS CALLING YOU THE TRUMP
OF THE TROPICS.
SOME OF YOUR CRITICS DON'T MEAN
THAT IN A POSITIVE WAY, THEY SAY
THAT YOU USE SOCIAL MEDIA, AND
YOU HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR
THINGS THAT YOU'VE SAID WITH
REGARD TO RACE TO WOMEN, TO
HOMOSEXUALITY, YOUR CRITICS USE
YOUR OWN WORDS, THEY POINTED
BACK TO THINGS LIKE YOU'RE
SAYING, I'M HOMOPHOBIC AND PROUD
OF IT.
HOW DO YOU ANSWER THOSE WHO WANT
YOU TO EXPLAIN THOSE REMARKS?
>> IF IT WERE ALL THAT, I WOULD
NOT HAVE TO ALL HAVE BEEN
ELECTED PRESIDENT.
CERTAINLY AROUND THE BRAZILIAN
POPULATION, THEY HAVE LEARNED TO
DO USE SOCIAL MEDIA AND A LONGER
TRUST OR BELIEVE THE BRAZILIAN
MAINSTREAM MEDIA WHICH IS
VIRTUALLY DOMINATED BY THE
LEFT-WING.
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST
HOMOSEXUALS OR WOMEN, I'M NOT A
XENOPHOBIC, BUT I DEFINITELY
WANT TO HAVE MY HOUSE IN ORDER.
IF YOU AREN'T ENGAGING IN A
SAME -- IF YOU WANT TO ENGAGE IN
A SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIP, GO
AHEAD AND DO IT BUT WE CAN'T
ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO BRING
THESE TO THE CLASSROOM SETTING.
I CAN'T POSSIBLY HAVE ANYTHING
AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE, MY FATHER
IN LAW IS KNOWN AS A BIG BLACK
MAN.
>> I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT YOU RETWEETED
DURING CARNIVAL WHICH WAS IN
NATURE.
WHY DID YOU RETWEET THAT IN THE
COMMENT THAT YOU MADE A QUESTION
MARK >> THE VIDEO WAS
CIRCULATING ON THE WEB ALREADY
AND WE JUST SHOWCASED IT TO
SHOWCASE HOW FAR OFF TRACK
CARNAVAL IS GOING.
>> DID YOU THINK IT WAS GENERATE
SO MUCH CONTROVERSY?
>> THIS WAS MY SENSE OF
RESPECTIVE FAMILIES, PRINCIPLES,
TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS AND OF
COURSE RESPECT TOWARD OUR
CULTURE AS WELL AS OUR RELIGION.
BEING PRESIDENT TOTALLY CHANGED
MY WAY OF DOING THINGS.
>> WITHIN THE LAST FEW DAYS
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ARRESTS IN
THE MURDER OF MURIEL FRANCO.
APPARENTLY THE SUSPECT'S FORMER
POLICE OFFICERS AND THERE ARE
THOSE WHO WANT TO DRAW A
CONNECTION BETWEEN YOU, YOUR
FAMILY, POTENTIALLY THOSE POLICE
OFFICERS.
POLICE HAVE SAID ANYTHING THERE
IS COINCIDENTAL BUT I WANT TO
GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO ANSWER
THOSE WHO ARE QUESTIONING
WHETHER YOU HAD ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THAT MURDER.
>> I AM A FORMER BRAZILIAN ARMY
CAPTAIN, AND POLICE OFFICERS TO
LARGE EXTENT OUR GOOD FRIENDS OF
MINE.
AND HE WASN'T REALLY A NEIGHBOR
OF MINE, HE LIVED ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE OTHER
STREET, BUT THE MEDIA HAS ALWAYS
CRITICIZED ME.
THEY WANT TO ESTABLISH A CLEAR
CONNECTION BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN
THAT GENTLEMAN IN MY GATED
COMMUNITY.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUTSIDE OF
THE GATED COMMUNITY.
I ONLY LEARNED HE LIVED THERE
AFTER THE ARTICLE BECAME PUBLIC.
MY STEPDAUGHTER DID SEEM TO KNOW
SOMEONE.
THEY EVEN TRIED TO SAY THAT MY
FORMER OR MY YOUNGEST BOY WHO IS
CURRENTLY A 20-YEAR-OLD BOY MAY
HAVE DATED THE YOUNG LADY OR
YOUNG DAUGHTER, THEY ASKED, DID
YOU DATE HER?
AND HE SAID I DATED JUST ABOUT
EVERY GIRL.
I ONLY LEARNED ABOUT HER AFTER
SHE WAS KILLED.
SHE WAS A COUNCILWOMAN, AND I
HAD NEVER, EVER HEARD ANYTHING
ABOUT HER LIFE.
WHAT KIND OF MOTIVATION COULD I
POSSIBLY HAVE TO BE THE
MASTERMIND OF SOME KIND OF
MURDER LIKE THAT?
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HER.
ON THE OTHER HAND HOWEVER, THE
PERSON WHO STABBED ME WAS A
AFFILIATED WITH THE LEFT-WING
PARTY.
SO BETWEEN THAT EVENING AND THE
FOLLOWING, THEN THE ATTORNEYS OF
COURSE STEPPED UP TO ADVOCATE
AND DEFEND THE PERSON WHO TRIED
TO STABBED TO DEATH.
AND AT A GIVEN POINT IN TIME,
THE LEFT-WING SAID -- THE MEDIA
SAID THE LEFT-WING TRIED TO KILL
A VARIABLE SCENARIO.
BUT MUCH TO THE CONTRARY, THE
MEDIA ANNOUNCED THAT SOME OF
THEM WERE PROBABLY FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE I DIDN'T DIE AS A
RESULT.
>> I KNOW YOU HAD A DINNER LAST
NIGHT AND SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE
THERE.
STEVE BANNON WHO IS A WORKING
WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
THEY HAVE PARTED WAYS.
I KNOW HE IS IN AGREEMENT OR
PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUR SON IN
SOME WAY, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR
FAMILY'S RELATIONSHIP OR YOUR
VIEWS OF STEVE BANNON?
>> THE ONLY PERSON WHO DOES HAVE
CONTACTS WITH STEVE BANNON IS MY
SON.
THERE HAS BEEN DIVORCED BETWEEN
BANNON AND TRUMP.
I'M NOT HERE TO CAUSE
DISCOMFORT, BUT THESE WORK IN
THE U.S. GOT TOGETHER AND THAT
OF COURSE HAD TO BE KIND WITH
EVERYONE.
>> SO YOUR CONVERSATION WITH HIM
TOMORROW, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING
FORWARD TO MOST?
SO MANY COMMONALITIES ABOUT THE
WAY YOU CAME TO POWER, THOSE WHO
DISREGARDED YOUR ABILITY TO BE
ELECTED AND YOUR USE OF
SOCIAL MEDIA.
DO YOU COLLECT, CONNECT MORE ON
PERSONALITY OR POLICY, OR DO YOU
THINK IT'S BOTH?
>> WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL IN
COMMON.
I HAVE BEEN HIGHLY CRITICIZED
BECAUSE OF THIS BUT I WILL NOT
OF COURSE DENY WHAT I DO THINK.
I AM NOT A CHAMELEON.
I'M A STRAIGHTFORWARD, OBJECTIVE
HONEST PERSON.
OUR CONVERSATION TOMORROW WILL
BE LARGELY BASED ON THE PROCESS
OF HELPING EACH OTHER BECAUSE
ALTHOUGH THE U.S. IS A LARGE
COUNTRY ECONOMICALLY, IT IS OF
COURSE GOOD TO NOURISH ECONOMIC
AND FRIENDSHIP TIES.