Trump Backs Flavio Bolsonaro’s U.S. Entry After Loss — SkimNews
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- Flavio Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States after losing Sunday’s presidential election and had yet to concede to leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
- State Department said it would grant entry visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and his family; the senator departed after refusing a Brazilian Supreme Court order to surrender his passports.
- Trump said at Joint Base Andrews, “Well, I would approve,” Flavio Bolsonaro’s U.S. entry, adding that he had heard the senator was in Argentina.
- Trump called Brazil’s election “very strange” and “terrible,” said it had received bad reviews, and pointed to what happened to the country’s market.
- Trump said he had not taken sides, called Flavio Bolsonaro and Lula “fine people,” and said he knew Lula, Flavio “a little bit,” and Flavio’s father “very well.”
- Trump alleged that former President Jair Bolsonaro had been treated “really badly” by Brazil’s courts, echoing his earlier allegation of judicial persecution while saying he had not been involved.
Why it matters: Flavio Bolsonaro’s U.S. trip means the senator who has not conceded now has the explicit support of the U.S. president, who approved his entry and criticized Brazil’s election. His refusal to surrender passports leaves him defying Brazil’s Supreme Court, making the visit a visible point of U.S. support in an unresolved contest.
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