Among the foreign observers at former U.S. President Donald Trump’s election watch party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida is Brazilian lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. The younger Bolsonaro posted a photo with Donald Trump Jr. to X in which he praised the “good company.”
Jair Bolsonaro was banned from running for office until 2030 after a court ruled that he abused his presidential power. But his brand of far-right politics is still influential in Brazil—and it leans heavily on Trump for strategic cues. In objection to their loss in a presidential election months earlier, Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed the Brazilian seat of government in January 2023.
Among the foreign observers at former U.S. President Donald Trump’s election watch party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida is Brazilian lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. The younger Bolsonaro posted a photo with Donald Trump Jr. to X in which he praised the “good company.”
Jair Bolsonaro was banned from running for office until 2030 after a court ruled that he abused his presidential power. But his brand of far-right politics is still influential in Brazil—and it leans heavily on Trump for strategic cues. In objection to their loss in a presidential election months earlier, Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed the Brazilian seat of government in January 2023.
Eduardo Bolsonaro traveled to the United States with a handful of other conservative Brazilian lawmakers who similarly used their social media profiles to boost Trump’s messaging.
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