Trump’s Safe Space for Strongmen

Defeated Brazilian election candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, arrived in Miami on October 27 with his family. The move followed a court order requiring him to surrender his passports due to an ongoing corruption investigation he denies. Despite his party conceding defeat in Sunday's election, Bolsonaro refused to accept the results and declared himself Brazil’s "true president-elect." He accused President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of electoral fraud and vowed to lead Brazil’s opposition from the United States, where he received visas despite a police order to surrender his passport. Bolsonaro thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for their support in finding legal security abroad. International observers, however, found no evidence of fraud in Sunday's vote. Lula da Silva called Bolsonaro’s exit "an act of political persecution." Despite the controversy, neither the White House nor the State Department responded to Bolsonaro's declaration. Meanwhile, Apple unveiled its first touchscreen MacBook laptops during a product launch event in Los Angeles. (Updated as of October 28, 2026).