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Claims US administration meddling in Brazil's knife-edge election

Original: It's always # projection with # Trump interferes in # elections ➡️globally: # Brazil ’s presidential election🚨is on a kn

Lula and Bolsonaro's presidential race in Brazil is on a knife-edge, and posts circulating online claim the right-wing Bolsonaro is counting on help from the Trump administration to push him over the line, with one commenter calling the intervention projection. No independent confirmation of direct US involvement is included in the claims themselves.

Why now: Brazil's presidential election is extremely close, and allegations of foreign interference by the Trump administration are drawing attention.

Donald TrumpJair BolsonaroBrazil

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• It's always # projection with # Trump interferes in # elections ➡️globally: # Brazil ’s presidential election🚨is on a knife-edge. R-winger F # Bolsonaro has powerful interests on his side but is also counting on the🚨Trump admin’s help to push him over the line. Polls… · KimPerales@toad.social · 6

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