Key facts
- Trump claimed the Brazilian election looked rigged.
- Trump cited no evidence for his claim.
- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the Brazilian election on Sunday.
- Defeated Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has not conceded defeat.
US President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that the Brazilian election, which leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won on Sunday, appeared rigged. Trump stated that elections must be indisputable and that the Brazilian election looked "very bad" to him. Defeated right-wing Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has refused to concede defeat. His father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, was a close ally of Trump's while in office.