`Same rhetoric`: Bolsonaro`s US visit to showcase populist alliance with Trump
(The Guardian Brazil)

Brazilian president shares some of Trump´s habits: he is active on Twitter and also dismisses negative media coverage as `fake news´Brazil´s president, Jair Bolsonaro, landed in Washington DC on Sunday two days before meeting Donald Trump, his first visit to a foreign leader since taking office on 1 January - a visit he hopes will showcase the alignment between the right-wing, populist leaders of the two biggest economies in the Americas.Bolsonaro´s spokesman said the visit showed `the priority the government gives to building a solid partnership with the United States of America`, while Trump´s national security adviser, John Bolton, called the trip a `historic opportunity` (although the effect was somewhat undermined by a tweet in which he called the Brazilian president `Bolonsaro`). Related: Bolsonaro in spotlight after photo with Marielle Franco murder suspect surfaces Related: Brazil`s new foreign minister believes climate change is a Marxist plot Continue reading...