Trump Claims Brazil Election Rigged After Lula's Victory
Donald Trump claimed Brazil's presidential election looked rigged after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's victory, without providing evidence. He said the vote "looked very bad" and "so corrupt," though he denied taking sides. Lula, an 80-year-old left-wing leader, won 51.79 percent of votes in a run-off against far-right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, who has refused to concede. Trump stressed elections must be "indisputable" and expressed scepticism over the process. Bolsonaro's father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, was a close Trump ally. Lula, winning a fourth term, pledged to listen to the Brazilian people, while recent right-wing victories elsewhere in Latin America have been praised by Trump's administration.