Socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrived in New York on Sunday to open the U.N. General Assembly’s annual “high-level debate” and, according to multiple Brazilian outlets, challenge President Donald Trump’s conservative agenda.

Lula, a convicted felon on charges of corruption, has created a massive diplomatic crisis for his country through repeatedly antagonizing President Trump. While traditionally friendly neighbors and allies, America and Brazil are currently experiencing their worst bilateral ties in the 200-year history of their relationship, the product of Lula aligning Brazil’s foreign policy with rivals of the United States, such as China and Russia, and of Lula’s rampant persecution of conservatives at home.

Reports out of Brazil indicate that Lula is planning o

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