Trump backs ‘great’ Bolsonaro

Former US president Donald Trump on Friday hailed Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro as a "great" leader and called on Brazilians to vote him in for another term. "VOTE for President JAIR BOLSONARO -- HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!!!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. Trump called Sunday's runoff election a "big day for Brazil." He hit out at Bolsonaro's opponent, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, calling him "a Radical Left Lunatic who will quickly destroy your Country." Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva traded barbs late on Friday in their final televised debate. Polls suggest Lula is the slight favorite to come back for a third term. But Bolsonaro outperformed opinion polls in the first-round vote this month, and many analysts say the election could go either way.