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Bolsonaro and Trump dine over defense deal

Amid a turbulent day in which involved canceling a visit to the Center for Disease Control and Health over a coronavirus scare, rescheduling the meeting under pressure, and then delivering a garbled statement on the CDC’s “beautiful” Covid-19 tests, U.S. President Donald Trump also found time to announce his plans for the weekend. As is customary, Mr. Trump is jetting off to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, where he will be hosting one of his biggest fans for dinner: Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.

His Brazilian counterpart is beginning an official four-day visit to Florida and, according to Mr. Trump, “he really wanted to have dinner.” However, besides giving Mr. Bolsonaro the Mar-a-Lago tour, the pair will also have much to discuss, not least a recently agreed military deal that could give Brazilian companies an entryway into the world’s biggest military defense market.

Opening up the U.S. defense market to Brazil

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Euan Marshall

Originally from Scotland, Euan Marshall traded Glasgow for São Paulo in 2011. Specializing in Brazilian soccer, politics, and the connection between the two, he authored a comprehensive history of Brazilian soccer entitled “A to Zico: An Alphabet of Brazilian Football.”

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