# ‘Amateur morons’: Flávio Bolsonaro’s short-lived ‘president-elect’ claim met with mockery

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-30T14:08:41+00:00
- Category: Local
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/30/flavio-bolsonaros-president-elect-claim-mockery-brazil
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/amateur-morons-fl-vio-bolsonaro-s-short-lived-president-elect-claim-me-5498d9/

Brazilian media ridicule defeated candidate over ‘shameful’ absconsion to US and bizarre letter with wrong coat of arms Flávio Bolsonaro had hoped that by Sunday night people would be calling him the next president of Brazil. Instead, the far-right politician’s decision to flee to the United States after losing the election and – for 58 minutes – declare himself “Brazil’s true president-elect” , h

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