Brazil's Bolsonaro in US, deletes post declaring himself 'president-elect'

Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro declared himself "true president-elect" on Wednesday in a lengthy statement, hours after arriving in the United States. The defeated right-wing presidential candidate later deleted the post and reposted the statement on his X account, using the wording "leader of Brazil." Bolsonaro claimed there was widespread electoral fraud and alleged President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his government stole the election. The politician questioned how Lula gained over 10 million votes between the first and second rounds, accusing the Supreme Court of interfering with the electoral process. "I want to make it clear: I did not flee Brazil. I left for Brazil’s sake," ...