Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro meets with Trump amid troubled presidential bid
Key takeaways
- Son of former President Jair Bolsonaro is fighting to recover from a scandal that has rocked his presidential campaign.
- Bolsonaro shared a photo on Tuesday of him standing by Trump’s side in the Oval Office, with a caption showing the thumbs-up emoji.
- The younger Bolsonaro has replaced his father as the standard-bearer of Brazil’s political right and is seen as the top contender challenging Lula in the South American country’s election in October.
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Son of former President Jair Bolsonaro is fighting to recover from a scandal that has rocked his presidential campaign.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Senator Flavio Bolsonaro talks on the phone as he arrives at the swearing-in ceremony for the president and vice president of Brazil's Superior Electoral Court, in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 12, 2026 [Eraldo Peres/AP Photo]By Reuters Published On 27 May 202627 May 2026Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has shared a photo that appears to show him meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House, as he seeks to bolster his image amid a scandal that threatens to derail his presidential campaign in Brazil.
Bolsonaro shared a photo on Tuesday of him standing by Trump’s side in the Oval Office, with a caption showing the thumbs-up emoji.