Trump Welcomes Brazil Presidential Candidate Flavio Bolsonaro to White House

In this Breitbart article, Christian K. Caruzo reports that Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro met privately with President Donald Trump at the White House as Brazil’s 2026 election approaches.

• Flávio Bolsonaro, a Brazilian senator and son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, met with Trump alongside his brother Eduardo Bolsonaro and journalist Paulo Figueiredo.
• The meeting reportedly lasted more than an hour and came about a month after Trump met with socialist Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
• Bolsonaro is running in Brazil’s October 2026 presidential election after his father was imprisoned, placed under house arrest, and barred from running until 2060.
• The main issue Bolsonaro said he raised with Trump was a request for the U.S. to designate Brazil’s PCC and Red Command gangs as foreign terrorist organizations.
• Bolsonaro argued the gangs operate across national borders, control territory in Brazil, corrupt institutions, and pose a threat to the broader hemisphere.
• Lula’s government has reportedly opposed such a designation, warning it could expose Brazilian financial institutions to sanctions or raise fears of potential U.S. military action in Brazil.
• Bolsonaro said Trump told him he would “analyze” the possible terrorist designations.
• The discussion also reportedly touched on tariffs, rare earth minerals, and Bolsonaro’s pledge that Brazil would join the Shield of the Americas security initiative if he wins.
• Eduardo Bolsonaro said Trump began by asking about Jair Bolsonaro’s health, while Lula allies criticized the White House meeting as a political distraction from a separate controversy involving Flávio Bolsonaro.

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