- Brazil’s new President Jair Bolsonaro sat down with American media after his meeting with President Donald Trump Tuesday.
- He discussed his desire to “make Brazil great” and how he owes his life “to God” after being stabbed on the campaign trail.
- Brazil had been ruled by politicians from the left for years, and Bolsonaro is the country’s first conservative leader in its democratic era.
The U.S. and Brazil have had a fraught relationship in the past, but Bolsonaro and Trump want to turn over a new leaf. They have not, for example, ruled out cooperating in military action in Venezuela, where socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro’s regime is in turmoil.
