Trump says he is "very thrilled" to welcome Bolsonaro. He congratulates Bolsonaro on his "incredible" and "tremendous" election victory. "The end result was something the whole world was talking about," he says.

"We have many views that are similar," Trump says of himself and Bolsonaro, mentioning trade. He congratulates Bolsonaro for his recovery from a "horrible ordeal," possibly referring to Bolsonaro getting stabbed during the campaign.

Trump calls on the Maduro forces to "step aside." He calls Maduro "nothing more than a Cuban puppet." He adds, "The twilight hour of socialism has arrived in our hemisphere," and "hopefully" in the United States too. "The last thing we want in the United States is socialism."