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[-] EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world 73 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Completely expected based on his family’s corruption racket. He ran for President in hopes of undermining the investigations against him and his family. Now he’s going to the US to pretend that the election he lost was illegitimate .

[-] Freeposity@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

With the support of the US Government too.

[-] Rudee@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

Birds of a feather

And what are the odds Trump does a little "intercessional democracy" like with Venezuela?

[-] XiJinpingStanAccount@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 week ago

Zero. The US literally does not have the military capability to successfully invade Brazil. Brazil is no Superpower, but it is perfectly capable of defending itself, and it would turn into a total quagmire for the US. With its stockpiles depleted from the Iran war already it would be extremely ill advised for them to attack Brazil. Brazil has 375,000 Active Duty personnel, and spent $23.9 billion on its military in 2025.

They also have Gripen fighters. The Gripen is perhaps the best fighter in the world for the type of war this would be. It outflies an F-35, can land and take off from basically anything, is low maintenence compared to most modern fighters, and it's not an exaggeration to say the F-35 would get its ass handed to it. Iran has shown it's stealth is not good enough, and a Gripen is so much faster than an F-35 that once it sees the thing the F-35 is basically fucked.

As for a Navy they're majorly focused on coastal, and river capabilities. Which when defending a country like Brazil is great.

That's not even taking into account the diplomatic fallout globally. Brazil is not Venezuela. If the United States was to invade Brazil it would be the most significant geopolitical event since the end of WW2. Brazil is the 10th largest economy on the planet. China, Russia, the EU. All of them would feel the impact. And they'd all be furious.

Then there's Mexico. If the US Invades Brazil Mexico knows it is on the list too. So it would not just sit idle. It would likely launch an economic warfare campaign against the US. And it's the US's biggest trading partner so that would be devestating. This would hurt Mexico too, but it would be existential for them at that point.

If you think Vietnam was bad invading Brazil would be that x20.

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 6 days ago

Brasília is also pretty far the sea unlike Caracas. It would be way difficult to launch a military operation there.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

You forget, "stupid," "incompetent," "quagmire" and "basically fucked" are 100% on-brand for this administration.

[-] Rudee@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Thank you for the in-depth explanation

Let's hope there's enough actual brainpower left at the White House to prevent it, then

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago

No coincidence he went through Argentina, now run by Trump's buddy, Temu Wolverine.

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