Brazil's President Lula 'Trump Has No Right To Threaten Countries'

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized US President Donald Trump, saying the US leader has "no right" to threaten other nations, in an interview published in Spain on Thursday. 

Lula's comments come after Trump this month warned that a "whole civilization will die" in Iran if the country did not open up the Strait of



Hormuz. 

Trump has no right to wake up in the morning and threaten a country," Lula told the Spanish daily El Pais, recalling that the US Constitution divides authority over war and foreign policy between Congress and the president.

"It is essential that powerful leaders take greater responsibility in maintaining peace," the 80-year-old leftist president added.