Emanuel. Also, Boris Johnson and Jair Bolsonaro are among the other World Leaders who were already infected by the coronavirus. What can we learn from their experiences . And one leader has kept himself in a veritable bubble. Guess who . And 30 days from the American Election with one contender currently in the hospital, what is the state of the race right now . Nate cohen of the New York Times will tell us. First, here is my take. Let me begin by saying i wish President Trump and the first lady a safe and speedy recovery. I also hope that others who have been infected along the way who work with the president or attended an event with him have a mild case of the disease and a return to normalcy as soon as possible. The news out of the white house is sad, but perhaps it can remind us of all of the sad news around. We might have covid fatigue, but the virus does not. The number of people known to have died from covid19 has crossed 1 million worldwide, and that is probably a low figure.
for months he s been contending brazil s electronic voting system, which delivered bolsonaro himself a decisive victory in 2018, is somehow in danger of turning up fraudulent results in the country s presidential elections next year. as with donald trump s lie, there is absolutely no evidence to support this claim, but that has not stopped bolsonaro in repeating it in live, rambling addresses on social media and rallies and interviews to provoke conservative news outlets. and bolsonaro has been even more aggressive than trump in peddling his lie. this summer he championed a constitutional amendment that would use a paper ballot to back up the electronic system. as the ap reported, three supreme court justices said this would merely provide opportunity for baseless fraud claims. in july bolsonaro issued a veiled threat to lawmakers saying that if the elections weren t clean, they might not be held at all. his threat didn t work. in august congress rejected the measure.
so closely following donald trump s 2020 script should not surprise us considering he s used the support of prominent figures in trump world. steve bannon said recently that brazil s election was the second most important in the world, predicting that solsonaro would win unless the election was stolen by the machines, and donald trump himself endorsed bolsonaro in a statement issued on tuesday claiming the brazilian leader and he were great friends. now the affinity between the two leaders is well-established. bolsonaro has been called the trump of the tropics but with the big lie the brazilian leader is emulating the most dangerous aspect of donald trump s presidency and post-presidency, eroding trust in the most basic tenet of the democratic system, the one without which it cannot survive, flow and fair elections. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i ll see you next week. stry®, is a walk through your history.
as with donald trump s lie, there is absolutely no evidence to support this claim, but that has not stopped him from repeating it in rambling live addresses on social media, at rallies and in interviews to brazil s conservative nut outlets and he has been even more aggressive than trump in peddling his lie. this summer he championed a constitutional amendment that would use a paper ballot to back up the electronic sis tempts as the ap reported, three supreme court justices said this would merely provide opportunity for baseless fraud claims. in july bolsonaro issued a threat to lawmakers saying if the elections weren t clean they wouldn t work at all. in august congress deterred the measure. on september 7th, the 1299th anniversary of brazil eats independence, pobolsonaro calle