Livestream: Trump, Bolsonaro Hold Joint Press Conference

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump will hold a joint press conference with President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil on Tuesday. (You can watch a livestream of the press conference on Patch.)

The two leaders will address members of the media at 1:45 p.m. from the Rose Garden. Trump is expected to welcome the hard-right Brazilian leader at noon on Tuesday. A senior administration official said Trump and Bolsonaro have spoken on a couple of occasions and the reference to Bolsonaro as "Trump of the Tropics" has caught the president's attention.

The official said the U.S.-Brazil relationship has always been one of potential but it seemed that the potential has never been met and said "this is a historic remaking" of that relationship.

The two leaders are expected to discuss a range of issues, including ways to increase U.S. private-sector investment in Brazil and resolve the political crisis in Venezuela. Both leaders are fierce critics of Venezuela's socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

Bolsonaro pledged during his campaign to build closer ties with the U.S. and has often expressed admiration for Trump.

Reporting and writing from The Associated Press was used in this story.