Jair Bolsonaro could be Donald Trump | Opinion

From Rio de Janeiro.Bolsonaro copied Trump’s rhetoric and style of government and was confident in his re-election.

Trump’s defeat came like lightning in blue skies for the Brazilian president, to which was added that the new North American government will be an openly hostile government and the defeat of Boslonaro in the municipal election. In addition, it should be added that the vaccination policy in Brazil is a failure. Brazil, which had the most developed vaccination system in the world, lags behind, in addition to being the second country with the most victims of the covid-19 pandemic.

Ignoring the reality, Bolsonaro only acknowledged his friend’s defeat just days ago, even though he stepped up his way of reproducing Trump’s stance in the face of his electoral defeat. He took up one of his old themes: the possibility of fraud in the Brazilian elections, which take place by electronic ballot box, claiming that if there had not been massive fraud he would have won the 2018 elections in the first round and would have started to prepare the climate for its defeat in 2022. It is clear that, in case he gets there and after being defeated, he intends to reproduce a simulation of the invasion of the Capitol.

He reiterated that there had been fraud in the US election and that he was a friend of Trump, without mentioning anything that happened in Washington.. Fear, too, because the polls are starting to directly reflect the new round of losing support and how that might affect not only his chance for re-election, but even his possibility of reaching the second round.

Vaccination is the new battleground on which Bolsonaro has turned. On the one hand, contrary to what Trump is doing, he maintains his refusal, stating that he was not going to apply the vaccine, that only half of Brazilians would be interested in being vaccinated. He continues to discourage the release of the vaccine, his government is directly responsible for the delay in Brazil. He said he doesn’t care at all about Brazil’s delay in vaccines, but at the same time he realized that this delay has repercussions for the government, as people blame it for the delay. vaccination. Let us not forget, on the other hand, that the governor of São Paulo, João Doria, whom Bolsonaro regards as his main opponent as a candidate from the right in the second round, has made notable progress on vaccination and announced that she would start on January 25. , São Paulo City Day.

Bolsonaro’s health minister, also in the military, announced that the government would purchase vaccines to begin vaccination on January 20, ahead of the date announced by the governor of São Paulo. He is aware of his wear and how his image will depend on how the vaccination plan is developed, which today is very difficult, because despite the announcement of the Minister of Health, the government has not yet bought vaccines, not even syringes and needles. .

In this scenario, as desperate as your attitude, Bolsonaro embraces the prospect of replicating Trump’s stance, as a way to respond to an increasingly difficult situation for far-right leaders. Bolsonaro can assume that his future is to challenge his political continuity beyond 2022, like his friend Trump; In this case, he would have no other alternative, if his loss of prestige continued, than a future similar to that of the defeated American president.