Trump, seemingly, was in on a plot to bring Brazil's authoritarian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to the United States to keep Bolsonaro from having to serve a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup in his country.
The Brazilian authorities intervened and took Bolsonaro into custody where he will remain until his final appeal against the sentence can be heard.
Trump, who has been having a terrible month, atypically took the whole thing in stride.
Brazil's current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has not caved to Trump on anything this year. This has strengthened his position and his stature. The heads of other countries can learn from Lula.



















