Trump loses ‘biggest prize’ as far-right leaders topple around the world: expert– www.rawstory.com
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A stunning electoral upset just lost President Donald Trump the “biggest prize” — as his allies abroad topple, a political expert told Raw Story on Monday.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s runoff victory Sunday against Flávio Bolsonaro, the far-right son of a former president imprisoned for staging a coup, delivered a stinging blow to Trump’s plans, Berea College Professor Carlos G. Poggio told Raw Story.
“Lula’s victory represents a significant defeat for Donald Trump and [Secretary of State] Marco Rubio,” Poggio, a Brazilian political scientist, said in an email. “Brazil was the biggest prize in the conservative tide sweeping Latin America.”
The defeats for Trump are numerous and multifaceted — they span from the U.S. to Latin America and China and hit his power, and his wallet, Poggio argued.
Bolsonaro, 45, had aligned himself with Trump by pledging to mine the Amazon rainforest for critical mineral deposits, which would ease U.S. dependence on Chinese rare earth exports, limited in 2025 in response to Trump’s tariffs.
