Posted on 02/07/2020 11:22:52 AM PST by nickcarraway
Brazil’s president was accused of kowtowing with his 73-minute Facebook live stream but some see method in his obsequiousness
He has long styled himself as a tropical Trump – a socialist-skewering hard man fighting Brazilian carnage.
But in recent weeks Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has taken his fixation with the US leader to new heights, livestreaming himself on Facebook as he watched his political idol in action.
The latest such appearance came on Thursday as Trump celebrated his acquittal by the Senate in his impeachment trial with a vitriolic and vulgar address to the nation.
More than 4,000 miles to the south, at the heart of Brazil’s very own political swamp, Bolsonaro sat down to watch – filming himself viewing Trump’s entire hour-long address and offering the occasional aside to the camera, hailing his North American hero or berating foes in politics and the press.
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Critics have derided Bolsonaro’s Trumpian transmissions – the latest of which lasted 73 minutes – as an obsequious waste of presidential time.
“It’s pitiful,” complained Lobão, a Brazilian rock star who voted for Bolsonaro in 2018 but has since become one of his harshest critics.
Lobão said he was perplexed by Bolsonaro’s “amorous incontinence” towards Trump. How, the musician wondered, could Brazil’s president express such “snivelling, doormat like adoration” of a US leader while simultaneously being a hardline nationalist?
The leftwing senator Humberto Costa warned Brazilians would pay a high price for Bolsonaro’s fandom. “It’s not enough to be a doormat. One must show oneself to be a doormat,” Costa tweeted.
But Brian Winter, theeditor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly, saw method in what many call kowtowing.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
What Trump rant?
Lol. The Guardian. TASS was a beacon of truth and sanity in comparison.
The leftist stooges at the Guardian continue their march off the leftist cliff.
Partisan Media Shills update.
Trump, Trump, Trump of the Tropics
(Sung to the tune of “George of the Jungle”).
Wow, The Guardian sure hates Bolsonaro. He must be doing something right.
The video of Maduro watching a Castro speech was deemed not newsworthy.
As usual, the Manchester Guardian is in high dudgeon. LOL!
The Guardian is literally a “left-wing trust fund baby”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Trust_Limited
He trolls for thee!
sitting at home watching the Trump SOTU and being amazed by him... along with about 300 million others!
Sometimes, Jair makes comments that go too far, and turn possible supporters into enemies.
Like the time he told a female lawmaker that she was ‘too ugly to rape.’ Or when he said, siring a daughter after four sons was a ‘moment of weakness’.
He has stated that he would prefer to see his son ‘die in an accident; than a member of his family be gay.
From the Guardian
The biggest, worst Socialist paper in the UK.
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[What Trump rant?]
Exactly. More TDS propaganda with a subtle touch.
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