Re: ‘The Right’s Ill-Conceived Bolsonaro Gambit’

In his latest Corner post, Bobby Miller argues:

Surely, Bobby doesn’t think de Lula, an avowed leftist whose candidacy was endorsed by Brazil’s Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL), the Stalinists of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), the Morenoites of the Unified Socialist Workers Party (PSTU), and a variety of other Communist-adjacent groups in the nation, is more pro-business than Bolsonaro. But he doesn’t provide any other answers for as to why he thinks the leftist is preferable, from the perspective of U.S. interests, to Bolsonaro — other than the fact that he dislikes the American conservatives who like Bolsonaro. The one other criticism he makes of Bolsonaro is that the Brazilian president grew more friendly to China over the course of his time in office. Okay. Here are a few recent headlines on Lula’s express foreign-policy ambitions in office:

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In his latest Corner post, Bobby Miller argues:

Surely, Bobby doesn’t think de Lula, an avowed leftist whose candidacy was endorsed by Brazil’s Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL), the Stalinists of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), the Morenoites of the Unified Socialist Workers Party (PSTU), and a variety of other Communist-adjacent groups in the nation, is more pro-business than Bolsonaro. But he doesn’t provide any other answers for as to why he thinks the leftist is preferable, from the perspective of U.S. interests, to Bolsonaro — other than the fact that he dislikes the American conservatives who like Bolsonaro. The one other criticism he makes of Bolsonaro is that the Brazilian president grew more friendly to China over the course of his time in office. Okay. Here are a few recent headlines on Lula’s express foreign-policy ambitions in office: