The Tropical Trump? Bolsonaro Follows Closely The US President's Style
The Tropical Trump? Bolsonaro Follows Closely The US President's Style
The Brazilian president-elect seeks access to Trump through flattery and contacts with people in the US president's inner circle
Dec.18.2018 1:06PM
Rodrigo Borges Delfim
SÃO PAULO
A while back, a street art showing a kiss between president-elect Jair Bolsonaro and the US president Donald Trump appeared on a wall in the outskirts of Fortaleza, Ceará. It was quickly painted over, but it wasn’t random; Bolsonaro is a self-professed fan of Trump’s antics and he has been trying to bring his future administration closer to the White House.
So far, the Brazilian president’s tactics consist in flattering Trump and meeting with people from the American president's inner circle — like the National Security Advisor John Bolton, who stopped in Rio de Janeiro on his way to the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires to have breakfast with Bolsonaro, a few weeks ago.
See comparisons between the two:
Outsiders in the political ecosystem
Trump: A businessman and TV personality, Trump never held any kind of political office until he ran for the Republic primaries in 2016.
Bolsonaro: Although he has held a representative seat since 1990, Bolsonaro never worked in the Executive branch or presided any commissions in the Brazilian Lower House.
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