The visit of Bolsonaro to Trump, with smiles and accomplices and an exchange of shirts: "Brazil and the United States have never been so close"

US President Donald Trump underlined Tuesday the good moment that relations between the United States and Brazil are currently experiencing when he receives his Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro, at the White House, with whom he shares a ultra straight sensitivity.

"Brazil and the United States have never been as close together as we are now," Trump told Bolsonaro in the Oval Office after exchanging football jerseys from their respective countries.

With Bolsonaro, they dubbed the "Tropical Trump" to be one of the his most ardent admirers, the US president hopes to inaugurate a new hemispheric alliance.

"It's a great honor to have President Bolsonaro here,He did an excellent job and participated in an incredible election campaign.. Some say people have reminded them of our campaign a bit, something that pays tribute to me, "said Trump, welcoming his Brazilian counterpart, who used mbadively social networks and controversial remarks.

Like Trump, Bolsonaro has been touted as an "ombudsman" against "the elite" and has described any negative coverage as "false news".

Bolsonaro, on the other hand, emphasized "change" of leadership in Brazil "after some decades of anti-American presidents"

"We have a lot in common with Mr. Donald Trump and it's a source of pride and satisfaction for me – he wants big US, I also want a big Brazil." From then on, Brazil will be more than ever in contact with the United States, "said the Brazilian president.

A few days after taking office Jan. 1, Bolsonaro, a former army captain, said Brazil would consider allowing the United States had a military base in the countryas a means of countering "Russian influence" in the region, especially in Venezuela.

This statement was strongly criticized, even by former soldiers of his government, and Bolsonaro has retracted it.

For the United States, the appointment with the president of the far right allows for the first time in many years approach the South American giantespecially after the recent leftist governments. Trump said that "supports" the entry of Brazil into the OECD area and that he is inclined to grant the country of South America military privileges similar to those received by US allies members of NATO.

This special status opens the door to delivery of surplus items defense and the organization of joint maneuvers. Argentina is the only country in Latin America to have achieved this status so far, shared by 17 nations around the world.

The two leaders also talked about Venezuela and Trump repeated that "all options are on the table". "What's happening in Venezuela is a shame," "It's hard to believe that one of the richest countries is now one of the poorest," insisted the Republican mogul.

"This is a potentially historic opportunity for redirect relations between our two countries, the two largest democracies in the Western Hemisphere, "said Trump National Security Advisor, John Bolton, on Tuesday.

"I think it will have a profound impact not only in this hemisphere, but around the world," he said.