Trump receives Flavio Bolsonaro in the Oval Office three weeks after Lula

Donald Trump received Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro in the Oval Office, shortly after Trump underwent medical exams at Walter Reed. The meeting occurred 19 days after Trump met with Brazil’s president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Flavio Bolsonaro is expected to face Lula in October elections. Flavio Bolsonaro’s team aims to use the photo with Trump to overcome a popularity crisis and consolidate his candidacy. Flavio Bolsonaro posted the meeting photo on Instagram with only two thumbs-up emojis. After leaving the White House, he said he asked Trump to designate Brazil’s PCC and CV organized crime groups as terrorist organizations, while he said he did not ask Trump to endorse his campaign. The meeting lasted one hour and 40 minutes, and no White House statement was issued.

"U.S. President Donald Trump gave a boost on Tuesday to the presidential bid of Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, by receiving him in the Oval Office, 19 days after meeting there with Brazil's president, former union leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Barring a surprise, Lula and Bolsonaro's son are expected to face each other at the ballot box in October. Flavio Bolsonaro's team hopes the photo with Trump will help him overcome a popularity crisis and consolidate his candidacy."

"The senator announced the meeting by posting the photo with Trump on Instagram with no comment other than two thumbs-up emojis. Until the last minute it was unclear whether the meeting would take place. The right-wing presidential hopeful was received at the White House just hours after Trump, who will turn 80 on June 14, underwent a series of medical exams at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the third such checkup in less than a year and a half in what the presidential office describes as his annual physical."

"Leaving the White House, the Brazilian told reporters he had asked Trump to designate the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and the Comando Vermelho (CV) the most powerful organized crime groups in Brazil as terrorist organizations. He said, however, that he did not ask Trump to endorse his presidential campaign. The face-to-face lasted one hour and 40 minutes, one of Bolsonaro's companions, journalist Paulo Figueiredo who is under investigation in Brazil for coup plotting told O Globo."

"How is your father? the U.S. president asked his visitor, Brazilian media reported. So far the White House has not issued a statement about the meeting, which was not on Trump's official schedule and had no"

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