Nets Ignore Trump’s First Meeting With Pro-U.S. Brazilian President

Nicholas Fondacaro | March 19, 2019
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It was a meeting worth taking note of, not just because President Trump was meeting with the so-called “Trump of the Tropics” but because of what it could mean for both countries going forward, and for dealing with the crisis in Venezuela. But the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) were apparently bored by Trump’s Tuesday meeting with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and ignored it altogether.

Meanwhile, ABC and NBC had time to gawk at the strange public feud between Trump and George Conway, the husband of adviser Kellyanne Conway. Fox News Channel’s Special Report had their priorities better well organized and began their program with the historic meeting.

“We begin, though, with President Trump saying all options are still on the table in the effort to remove Venezuela's disputed President and his socialist government,” reported anchor Brett Baier from outside the White House. “The American leader saying in the Rose Garden even stronger sanctions may be coming. He spoke with reporters this afternoon alongside the visiting Brazilian President.”

Arguably one of the most newsworthy developments to come out of the meeting was that Bolsonaro offered to base U.S. troops in Brazil if military action was needed to oust Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.

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