A leader doesn’t have to disappear just because he wasn’t re-elected: what’s happening in Brazil right now is akin to Donald Trump’s final days as US President.
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Peter Burghardt, Washington
Joe Biden immediately congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvia, as is proper among Democrats. On Sunday, the US President immediately sent congratulations to his future colleague in Brazil after his victory in “free, fair and credible elections”, as the White House said. With that, Washington had quickly recognized Lula. But there is another well-known politician in America’s North who can be considered Jair Bolsonaro’s idol. In the worst case, Brazil’s near future is based on its playbook, Donald Trump’s.