This is John Batchel, a conversation with Ernesto Arruz, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Brazil,

serving in the Jaya Bolsonaro administration.

Comments on the news in truth social that the President of the United States posting sympathy and admiration for Jaya Bolsonaro,

the man's recovering from yet another surgery from

the assassination attempt of his first run for president, and expressing his doubts about the

prosecution by the president government against Bolsonaro that keeps him from running again,

though he's most popular in the polls.

President Trump says it all.

What does this mean?

That's what Ernesto helps us understand how significance this posting on true social can be,

is, will be in Brazil.

Here's Ernesto.

Much more of this tonight.

Not at all, John. Not, John. Some people were speculating

about the decision to apply the Magnitsky law against the Justice of the Supreme Court,

the Morais, but this sort of direct and straightforward, let's say, intervention or decision to get into the arena by President Trump, no, this was not expected.

I think this is quite welcome because, well, first of all, it shows that there are no longer barriers between foreign policy and domestic policy.

Trump knows that, well, if you want to accomplish anything in the West,

he needs to support democracy and freedom, good governments around the world.

I think that's what he's doing in Brazil.

So, well, this is a huge, huge piece of

news for the Brazilian current political situation, where President Bolsonaro is still the main

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