World leader who took swipe at Trump over tariffs appears to cozy up to China

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared his country open to foreign companies at the inauguration of Chinese automaker GWM's factory in São Paulo.

Earlier this month, Lula told Reuters he was willing to talk to Trump but would not "humiliate" himself by trying to engage while the U.S. president "doesn't want to talk." However, Trump has said that Lula is free to "talk to me anytime he wants."

Trump commented on the situation in an executive order in which he denounced Brazil's "politically motivated persecution, intimidation, harassment, censorship, and prosecution" of Bolsonaro.

Lula told Reuters that Brazil's Supreme Court "does not care what Trump says, and it should not." He also reportedly said that Bolsonaro was a "traitor to the homeland" who should face another trial for provoking Trump's intervention.