Trump declines to take sides in Brazil election, calls it a 'disgrace'

US President Donald Trump declined to take sides in Brazil's presidential election but called the contest a "disgrace," citing market declines after the vote. He said he was asked not to intervene by the current president. Trump's comments followed the flight of his ally, former Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, to Miami on Wednesday. Bolsonaro lost the run-off to left-wing incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by over four million votes, and Brazil's Supreme Court had ordered him to surrender his passports amid embezzlement and money laundering investigations. Bolsonaro, aided by Trump's administration, crossed into Argentina with his family and flew to Miami, claiming without evidence he was the "true elected president" and alleging a "politically motivated witch-hunt." His Liberal Party accepted the election outcome, and it remains unclear if Washington would extradite him if requested.