Bolsonaro’s Claim to Be Brazil’s Leader Not Backed by Trump
US officials say Trump has no current plans to endorse Bolsonaro’s self-declared leadership claim as Brazil’s conservative opposition weakens.
- On Thursday, the Trump administration confirmed it has no plans to back Flavio Bolsonaro's claim as Brazil's rightful leader, despite assisting the defeated candidate's arrival in the United States.
- Late Tuesday, Bolsonaro crossed into Argentina after a Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered him to surrender his passport amid money-laundering investigations by federal police.
- Trump adviser Jason Miller helped arrange the flight, while State Department officials scrambled to determine the legal route for admitting him and his family during the journey.
- Some Brazilian conservatives criticized the departure, while Trump told reporters on Monday, "I just think it had a very bad look, the election."
- Washington seeks to balance keeping options open while maintaining cordial relations with Incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to avoid fresh crises in Brazil.
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Bolsonaro’s claim to be Brazil’s leader not backed by Trump
The Trump administration does not plan to back Flavio Bolsonaro’s claim to be Brazil’s rightful leader, despite helping the defeated candidate reach the US after years of supporting him and his father, a US official and another person familiar with the matter said. President Donald Trump has said Brazil’s election on Sunday looked “rigged” but […]
The government of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, does not intend to support Senator Flávio Bolsonaro's (PL-RJ) claim to be the legitimate leader of Brazil, despite having helped the defeated presidential candidate to arrive in the US after years of support for him and his father, said yesterday an American authority and another person on the subject. Trump said that the Brazilian election on Sunday seemed manipulated, but stre…
Trump administration has no plans to back Bolsonaro’s claim to Brazil leadership
Washington helped defeated candidate Flavio Bolsonaro travel to the US but is reluctant to back his political ambitions, despite US president Donald Trump's criticism of Brazil's election.
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