President Trump on Monday responded to the Brazilian elections on Sunday, where Socialist Lula da Silva won in a rigged election against Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former persecuted president Jair Bolsonaro.
Notably, in an unprecedented move, voting hours were extended by two hours while Bolsonaro was leading. Then, Lula da Silva came back and won after the extension was ordered by his personal attorney and Brazilian Justice Christiano Zanin.
Bolsonaro is now challenging the results.
President Trump responded on Monday, calling the election “rigged.”
“It looked terrible to me. I thought it was terrible-looking. I didn’t take sides, but it looked like another rigged election, frankly,” he said. “I didn’t take sides, but it was a terrible look for the world.”
Trump continued, “You know, elections have to be indisputable, and it looked very bad to me. I didn’t take sides. I didn’t endorse anybody or anything. But I watched the election, and it looked so, so corrupt, so terrible.”
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When asked if he would like to do something about the election as President, Trump responded, “Well, I’m not running Brazil; I’m running the USA.
“I just thought that the election was— I like Lula. I get along with him very well,” he said.
“I just think it had a very bad look, the election, the way it was tabulated. The extension given was very strange.”
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