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The Common Ground for Lula and Trump

They can agree on producing more fuel and protecting Venezuela from chaos.
 

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Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Walter Russell Mead
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Presidential candidate and incumbent president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil celebrates after the results of the general election day on October 25, 2026, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Getty Images)
Presidential candidate and incumbent president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil celebrates after the results of the general election day on October 25, 2026, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Getty Images)

The earth moved in Brazil over the weekend, but not in the direction President Trump wanted.

President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva pulled off an upset Sunday and won a fourth term. The octogenarian incumbent had been widely expected to lose, after trailing Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round of the election and lagging in polls.

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