“SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has often expressed admiration for Donald Trump and appears poised to follow the U.S. president in a radical overhaul of his nation’s foreign policy — a move that experts warn could ultimately isolate and hurt Brazil. [Yeah, right. Idiots.]

Bolsonaro, who takes office Jan. 1, has promised to pull Latin America’s largest nation out of the Paris climate accord, join the handful of countries that have moved their embassies in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and take a hard line against President Nicolas Maduro in neighboring Venezuela.

The former army captain, who gained notoriety as a congressman for violence-laden language and offensive comments [offensive to liberals], has also frequently bashed China, Brazil’s largest foreign investor…”

https://apnews.com/2cfe232dc805467cb598c280c638e179

I'm really starting to like this guy.

Does he have Twitter?

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
I'm really starting to like this guy.

Does he have Twitter?

He does. After he was stabbed (nearly killed), he campaigned solely via social media.

“Brazil's far-right President-elect says that on taking office he will allow citizens without a criminal record to own guns.

Jair Bolsonaro, who takes office in January, made the statement on Twitter as part of his election campaign to loosen gun laws.

The ex-army captain's message appealed to many Brazilians who want to use guns for self-defense amid sky-high levels of violent crime.

Currently possession of firearms is tightly restricted in Brazil. Civilians must pass through a long process, and the sale of weapons is limited to small calibers…”

https://mol.im/a/6538075

I'm hoping for knock-on effects in the shape of much better guns from Taurus and, by extension, Rossi.

Hopefully he has adequate Security forces. I'm sure the drug cartels will try to take him out. Sadly corruption is a way of life in South America.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of Brazil made an unusual visit to CIA headquarters and later spoke of his admiration for the United States on the second day of a trip that reflected his country’s shift to a more pro-American stance.

President Jair Bolsonaro , a far-right politician who succeeded a leftist who at times had a frosty relationship with the United States, arrived in the country with a half-dozen ministers and a goal of expanding trade and diplomatic cooperation between the two largest economies in the Western Hemisphere.

He was expected to meet on Tuesday with President Donald Trump to discuss a range of issues, including ways to increase U.S. private-sector investment in Brazil and ways to resolve the political crisis in Venezuela .

“Nowadays, you have a president who is a friend of the United States who admires this beautiful country,” Bolsonaro told an audience at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday…”

https://apnews.com/bdc70648e5814d25b549d1c252910006