Trump's impact could help pave the way for Brazilian President Bolsonaro to carry out his own version of “Stop the Steal” in the run-up to his re-election bid next year, zeeshanaleem writes.
The increasing evidence of links between former president Donald Trump’s and Bolsonaro’s circles should be a source of concern for anyone trying to spot trends in right-wing populism — and the threat it poses to the stability of democracy — across the world.
At a Conservative Political Action Conference in Brazil this fall, Donald Trump Jr. told the audience that if they believed that the Chinese weren’t going to try to meddle in Brazil’s 2022 election, “you haven’t been watching.”unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about the unreliability of Brazil's voting system a conference in South Dakota hosted by Trump ally and MyPillow executive Mike Lindell.
Steve Bannon, Trump’s former campaign manager and chief strategist, said at that South Dakota conference that “Bolsonaro will win,” unless the elections are “stolen by, guess what, the machines.”Tucker Carlson’s conspiracy theory documentary seriesBolsonaro is the only world leader posting on Gettr and Parler, far right-wing social media apps with ties to Trumpworld that market themselves as immune to Silicon Valley “censorship.”Brazilian democracy is in a precarious state.
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