Trump Claims Brazil's Presidential Election was Rigged, Despite No Evidence

US President Donald Trump said on Monday, October 26, that Brazil's presidential election was rigged, although he did not provide any evidence for this. Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the election. At Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Trump told reporters, "Frankly, it looked like another rigged election. I didn't vote for anybody, but it paints a very bad picture to the world. There should be elections that don't raise any questions, and I thought it was very bad." When asked if he would do anything about the election, Trump replied, "I'm not running Brazil, I'm running the United States." Lula da Silva defeated his right-wing rival Flávio Bolsonaro to return to power for a fourth term. According to Politico, although Trump never openly endorsed any candidate, he did speak with Bolsonaro on several occasions, and "I don't see anybody supporting a very corrupt election."