I didn't run away from Brazil. I left for Brazil. ' —. Flavio Bolsonaro compares himself to Charles de Gaulle, the defeated Brazilian senator who fled to the US while facing a Supreme Court deadline to hand over his passports in a money laundering investigation, a dramatic letter from exile has published. The illusion is breathtaking: "I am not the first person who had to fight for his country from abroad. Charles de Gaulle led Free France from London, was sentenced to death by the Vichy regime, and returned to liberate his country. He thanked Trump for providing "sanctuary" and the Argentine Javier Maile for "respecting the rule of law" (while literally hiding from Brazilian courts). He accused Lula and the Supreme Court of orchestrating "political persecution" and "stealing" the election. In his initial social media post, he called himself the "elect president" of Brazil. After facing immediate backlash for the lie, he quietly deleted the post and changed the wording to "Leader of Brazil. This "de Gaulle" did not leave to organize resistance. He lost the election, refused to concede, tried to annul the results, then skipped the country. The Bolsonaro family has officially gone from licking boots in the US to scheming from the shadows. A cowardly departure disguised as a historical crusade. substack | talk.

I didn't run away from Brazil. I left for Brazil. ' —. Flavio Bolsonaro compares himself to Charles de Gaulle, the defeated Brazilian senator who fled to the US while facing a Supreme Court deadline to hand over his passports in a money laundering investigation, a dramatic letter from exile has published. The illusion is breathtaking: "I am not the first person who had to fight for his country from abroad. Charles de Gaulle led Free France from London, was sentenced to death by the Vichy regime, and returned to liberate his country. He thanked Trump for providing "sanctuary" and the Argentine Javier Maile for "respecting the rule of law" (while literally hiding from Brazilian courts). He accused Lula and the Supreme Court of orchestrating "political persecution" and "stealing" the election. In his initial social media post, he called himself the "elect president" of Brazil. After facing immediate backlash for the lie, he quietly deleted the post and changed the wording to "Leader of Brazil. This "de Gaulle" did not leave to organize resistance. He lost the election, refused to concede, tried to annul the results, then skipped the country. The Bolsonaro family has officially gone from licking boots in the US to scheming from the shadows. A cowardly departure disguised as a historical crusade. substack | talk.