Trump Calls Brazil Election 'Manipulated' Without Evidence

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US President Donald Trump claimed Monday that Brazil's presidential election, won by leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, appeared "manipulated," without providing evidence. Trump said the vote looked "corrupt" and "terrible" to reporters before a campaign event in Mississippi. Lula defeated right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in Sunday's runoff. Bolsonaro, son of convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro, announced plans to request the election's annulment, criticizing the voting process and extended deadline agreed upon by both candidates. Bolsonaro also said federal police, acting on a Supreme Court order, demanded he surrender his regular and diplomatic passports. He denied plans to leave the country, calling the move an intimidation attempt. Trump had hosted Bolsonaro at the White House in May.


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