History UsefulNotes / JairBolsonaro

Much like UsefulNotes/RodrigoDuterte (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - two of his most well-known detractors are Creator/EllenPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him someone who threatens the rights of minorities. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime like promising to uphold free speech, arming the populace[[note]]though it should be pointed out that the Nazis ''relaxed'' firearm restrictions for so-called "Aryans", so the idea that this indicates that a leader respects democracy is InsaneTrollLogic at best. Though in all fairness, Bolsonaro hasn't singled out any specific group to be targeted like the Nazis had... yet.[[/note]] and having smaller government, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exacerbate violence than control it. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as an candidate, emulating a similar platform as UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump by presenting himself as an "outsider" who would defy the establishment. Just like Trump, many were skeptical of his chances of actually winning in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win being PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010 and ironically [[NotSoDifferent shares some similarities]] with Bolsonaro: Lula is a populist (albeit a [[NotSoSimilar left-leaning one]]) who is fairly divisive on his own and also ran as an outsider during his previous presidential campaigns against the established status quo of the time. The game was changed when Lula was barred from running due to (widely questioned) corruption charges and being replaced with his vice Fernando Haddad. Not helping matters was the attempt on his life he suffered while campaigning, where a left-wing extremist stabbed him with a knife, requiring him to be hospitalized. Bolsonaro won against him the two election rounds as a result.

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered an radical by others due to his outrageous statements not only [[DayOfTheJackboot favoring the military dictatorship]], but also [[MalignedMixedMarriage against interracial couples]], [[StayInTheKitchen women]] and [[HeteronormativeCrusader LGBT rights]], [[TortureAlwaysWorks advocating torture]], death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other horrors. It would be hard to imagine someone like him being even considered as president, but his appeal among the public grew following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party) party in control being involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached (though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]]) and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer.

Jair Messias Bolsonaro (born 21 March 1955) is the 38th President of UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} and a retired [[UsefulNotes/BraziliansWithBazookas Brazilian Army]] military captain. Controversial is the ''mildest'' way anyone can describe him as his public figure has always been associated with it in one way or another. He became known when he publicly criticized the army for the low wages of its members, which got him into court-martial though he received a lot of support from his peers. He entered politics shortly afterwards and got into the spotlight once again in 1998 when he publicly praised the UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime and UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet's rule over Chile, particularly regarding the Brazilian dictatorship as an "[[GoodOldWays glorious period]]" in their country's history, and their greatest mistake was that "they didn't kill enough". Needless to say, he drew a lot of condemnation from the public and human rights activists due to the extremey authoritarian nature of these regimes, specially in light of [[TooSoon being still fresh in people's memories at the time]] (the former ended in 1985 while the latter in 1998).

->''"Brazil above everything, God above everyone.''

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered an radical by others due to his outrageous statements not only [[DayOfTheJackboot favoring the military dictatorship]], but also [[MalignedMixedMarriage against interracial couples]], [[StayInTheKitchen women]] and [[HeteronormativeCrusader LGBT rights]], [[TortureAlwaysWorks advocating torture]], death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other horrors. It would be hard to imagine someone like him being even considered as president, but his appeal among the public grew following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party) party in control being involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached (though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]]) and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer. In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as an candidate, emulating a similar platform as UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump by presenting himself as an "outsider" who would defy the establishment. Just like Trump, many were skeptical of his chances of actually winning in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win being PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010 and ironically [[NotSoDifferent shares some similarities]] with Bolsonaro: Lula is a populist (albeit a [[NotSoSimilar left-leaning one]]) who is fairly divisive on his own and also ran as an outsider during his previous presidential campaigns against the established status quo of the time. The game was changed when Lula was barred from running due to (widely questioned) corruption charges and being replaced with his vice Fernando Haddad. Bolsonaro won against him the two election rounds as a result.

->''Brazil above everything, God above everyone''

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered an radical by others due to his outrageous statements not only [[DayOfTheJackboot favoring the military dictatorship]], but also [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain against interracial couples, women and LGBT rights]], [[MoralEventHorizon advocating torture]], death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other horrors. It would be hard to imagine someone like him being even considered as president, but his appeal among the public grew following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party) party in control being involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached (though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]]) and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer. In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as an candidate, emulating a similar platform as UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump by presenting himself as an "outsider" who would defy the establishment. Just like Trump, many were skeptical of his chances of actually winning in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win being PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010 and ironically [[NotSoDifferent shares some similarities]] with Bolsonaro: Lula is a populist (albeit a [[NotSoSimilar left-leaning one]]) who is fairly divisive on his own and also ran as an outsider during his previous presidential campaigns against the established status quo of the time. The game was changed when Lula was barred from running due to (widely questioned) corruption charges and being replaced with his vice Fernando Haddad. Bolsonaro won against him the two election rounds as a result.

Much like UsefulNotes/RodrigoDuterte (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - his most well-known detractors are Creator/EllenPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him someone who threatens the rights of minorities. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime like promising to uphold free speech, arming the populace[[note]]though it should be pointed out that the Nazis ''relaxed'' firearm restrictions for so-called "Aryans", so the idea that this indicates that a leader respects democracy is InsaneTrollLogic at best[[/note]] and having smaller government, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exacerbate violence than control it. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

Much like UsefulNotes/RodrigoDuterte (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - his most well-known detractors are Creator/EllenPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him someone who threatens the rights of minorities. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime like promising to uphold free speech, arming the populace and having smaller government, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exacerbate violence than control it. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

Bolsonaro built his campaign on socially conservative, economically liberal policies: he supports the idea of smaller government and free market, while promising to crack down hard on crime and preserving Christian values. His gun ownership advocancy is likely what won him most support among the public as Brazil is a country that suffers from extremely high criminality rates and he proposes the idea of arming citizens to fight against thugs, stating that drug dealers have access to automatic and high-caliber weapons while innocents have no means to defend themselves and argues that they should be able to "level the game". He has been very critical of "cultural marxism" and condemned the UsefulNotes/EuropeanUnion as well as Communist regimes like UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} and UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} for promoting it, and dismissed secularism as "nonsense", viewing Brazil as an Christian state where the minority has to adjust to the majority. [[note]]Brazil is a Catholic-majority secular state and Bolsonaro is Roman Catholic, yet he enjoys a big support from Evangelical Protestants that hold a level of parlimental power in the so called "Evangelical lobby" who are attributed to have secured Bolsonaro's victory.[[/note]]

Back in The90s he actually used to defend UsefulNotes/HugoChavez (being that they're both military figures who entered politics and defended/launched coups, eventually leading both their countries) and a more statist economic policy, with the government having a key role in national development and owning key sectors of the economy (which was actually the policy of the UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime after its more liberal, smaller-government early years), and actually voting in Congress against privatizations, [[OldShame but that's all in the past now]].

Much like UsefulNotes/RodrigoDuterte (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - his most well-known detractors are Creator/EllenPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him someone who threatens the rights of minorities. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime like promising to uphold free speech, arming the populace and having smaller government, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exarcebate violence than control it. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

Jair Messias Bolsonaro (Born March 21, 1955) is the 38th President of UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} and retired military officer in [[UsefulNotes/BraziliansWithBazookas Brazilian Army]] having attained the rank of Captain. Controversial is the ''mildest'' way anyone can describe him as his public figure has always been associated with it in one way or another. He became known when he publicly criticized the army for the low wages of its members, which got him into court-martial though he received a lot of support from his peers. He entered politics shortly afterwards and got into the spotlight once again in 1998 when he publicly praised the UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime and UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet's rule over Chile, particularly regarding the Brazilian dictatorship as an "[[GoodOldWays glorious period]]" in their country's history, and their greatest mistake was that "they didn't kill enough". Needless to say, he drew a lot of condemnation from the public and human rights activists due to the extremey authoritarian nature of these regimes, specially in light of [[TooSoon being still fresh in people's memories at the time]] (the former ended in 1985 while the latter in 1998).

Bolsonaro built his campaign on socially conservative, economically liberal policies: he supports the idea of smaller government and free market, while promising to crack down hard on crime and preserving Christian values. His gun ownership advocancy is likely what won him most support among the public as Brazil is a country that suffers from extremely high criminality rates and he proposes the idea of arming citizens to fight against thugs, stating that drug dealers have access to automatic and high-caliber weapons while innocents have no means to defend themselves and argues that they should be able to "level the game". He has been very critical of "cultural marxism" and condemned the UsefulNotes/EuropeanUnion as well as Communist regimes like UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} and UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} for promoting it, and dismissed secularism as "nonsense", viewing Brazil as an Christian state where the minority has to adjust to the majority. [[note]]Brazil is a Catholic-majority secular state and Bolsonaro is Roman Catholic, yet he enjoys a big support from Evangelical Protestants that hold a level of parlimental power in the so called "Bancada evangélica" who are attributed to have secured Bolsonaro's victory.[[/note]]

As mentioned above, many people would consider him the Brazilian equivalent to Donald Trump, which Bolsonaro himself would definitely view as a compliment. His foreign policy is staunchly pro-American (specially towards the Trump administration) and pro-UsefulNotes/{{Israel}} (to the point he intends to close relations with the [[UsefulNotes/PalestinianTerritories State of Palestine]]). Bolsonaro has also show suspicion towards China, which also happens to be Brazil's economical partner in the BRICS, and intends to move away from it's sphere of influence in order to formalize closer relationships with America.

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered an radical by others due to his outrageous statements not only regarding just the military regime, but also interracial couples, women and LGBT rights, advocating torture, death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other things. It would be hard to imagine someone like him being even considered president, but his appeal among the public grew following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido Trabalhador (Workers' Party) party in control being involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached (though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]]) and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer. In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as an candidate, emulating a similar platform as UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump by presenting himself as an "outsider" who would defy the establishment. Just like Trump, many were skeptical of his chances of actually winning in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win being PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010 and ironically [[NotSoDifferent shares some similarities]] with Bolsonaro: Lula is a populist (albeit a [[NotSoSimilar left-leaning one]]) who is fairly divisive on his own and also ran as an outsider during his previous presidential campaigns against the established status quo of the time. The game was changed when Lula was barred from running due to corruption charges and being replaced with his vice Fernando Haddad. Bolsonaro won against him the two election rounds as a result.

Much like UsefulNotes/RodrigoDuterte (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - his most well-known detractors are Creator/EllenPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him someone who threatens the rights of minorities. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime like promising to uphold free speech, arming the populace and having smaller government, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exarcebate violence than control it. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered an radical by others due to his outrageous statements not only regarding just the military regime, but also interracial couples, women and LGBT rights, advocating torture, death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other things. It would be hard to imagine someone like him being even considered president, but his appeal among the public grew following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido Trabalhador (Workers' Party) party in control being involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached (though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]]) and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer. In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as an candidate, emulating a similar platform as UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump by presenting himself as an "outsider" who would defy the establishment. Just like Trump, many skeptical of his chances in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win, PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010) who ironically [[NotSoDifferent shares some similarities]] with Bolsonaro: Lula is a populist (albeit a [[NotSoSimilar left-leaning one]]) who is fairly divisive on his own and also ran as an outsider during his previous presidential campaigns against the established status quo. The game was changed when Lula was barred from running due to corruption charges and being replaced with his vice Fernando Haddad. Bolsonaro won against him the two election rounds as a result.

Many people would consider him the Brazilian equivalent to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, which Bolsonaro himself would definitely view as a compliment. His foreign policy is staunchly pro-American (specially towards the Trump administration) and pro-UsefulNotes/{{Israel}} (to the point he intends to close relations with the [[UsefulNotes/PalestinianTerritories State of Palestine]]). Bolsonaro has also show suspicion towards China, which also happens to be Brazil's economical partner in the BRICS, and intends to move away from it's sphere of influence in order to formalize closer relationships with America.

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered an radical by others due to his outrageous statements not only regarding just the military regime, but also interracial couples, women and LGBT rights, advocating torture, death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other things. It would be hard to imagine someone like him being even considered president, but his appeal among the public grew following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido Trabalhador (Workers' Party) party in control being involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached, though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]] and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer. In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as an candidate, emulating a similar platform as Donald Trump by presenting himself as an "outsider" who would defy the establishment. Just like Trump, many skeptical of his chances in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win, PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010) who ironically [[NotSoDifferent shares some similarities]] with Bolsonaro: Lula is a populist (albeit a [[NotSoSimilar left-leaning one]]) who is fairly divisive on his own and also ran as an outsider during his previous presidential campaigns against the established status quo. The game was changed when Lula was barred from running due to corruption charges and being replaced with his vice Fernando Haddad. Bolsonaro won against him the two election rounds as a result.

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered an radical by others due to his outrageous statements not only regarding just the military regime, but also interracial couples, women and LGBT rights, advocating torture, death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other things. It would be hard to imagine someone like him being even considered president, but his appeal among the public grew following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido Trabalhador (Workers' Party) party in control being involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached, though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]] and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer. In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as an candidate, emulating a similar platform as Donald Trump by presenting himself as an "outsider" who would defy the establishment. Just like Trump, many skeptical of his chances in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win, PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010) who ironically [[NotSoDifferent shares some similarities]] with Bolsonaro: Lula is a populist (albeit a left-leaning one) who is fairly divisive on his own and also ran as an outsider during his previous presidential campaigns against the established status quo. The game was changed when Lula was barred from running due to corruption charges and being replaced with his vice Fernando Haddad. Bolsonaro won against him the two election rounds as a result.

Much like UsefulNotes/RodrigoDuterte (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but abroad too. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime like promising to uphold free speech, arming the populace and having smaller government, while his detractors (the most well-known are Creator/EllenPage and Creator/StephenFry) view him someone who threatens the rights of minorities, and even those who don't necessarily think he wants to implement a dictatorship believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

Bolsonaro built his campaign on socially conservative, economically liberal policies: he supports the idea of smaller government and free market, while promising to crack down hard on crime and preserving Christian values. His gun ownership advocancy is likely what won him most support among the public as Brazil is a country that suffers from extremely high criminality rates and he proposes the idea of arming citizens to fight against thugs, stating that drug dealers have access to automatic and high-caliber weapons while innocents have no means to defend themselves and argues that they should be able to "level the game". He has been very critical of "cultural marxism" and condemned the UsefulNotesEuropeanUnion as well as Communist regimes like UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} and UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} for promoting it, and dismissed secularism as "nonsense", viewing Brazil as an Christian state where the minority has to adjust to the majority. [[note]]Brazil is a Catholic-majority secular state and Bolsonaro is Roman Catholic, yet he enjoys a big support from Evangelical Protestants that hold a level of parlimental power in the so called "Bancada evangélica" who are attributed to have secured Bolsonaro's victory.[[/note]]

Bolsonaro built his campaign on socially conservative, economically liberal policies: he supports the idea of smaller government and free market, while promising to crack down hard on crime and preserving Christian values. His gun ownership advocancy is likely what won him most support among the public as Brazil is a country that suffers from extremely high criminality rates and he proposes the idea of arming citizens to fight against thugs, stating that drug dealers have access to automatic and high-caliber weapons while innocents have no means to defend themselves and argues that they should be able to "level the game". He has been very critical of "cultural marxism" and condemned the European Union as well as Communist regimes like Cuba and Venezuela for promoting it, and dismissed secularism as "nonsense", viewing Brazil as an Christian state where the minority has to adjust to the majority. [[note]]Brazil is a Catholic-majority secular state and Bolsonaro is Roman Catholic, yet he enjoys a big support from Evangelical Protestants that enjoy a level of parlimental power in the so called "Bancada evangélica" who are attributed to have secured Bolsonaro's victory.[[/note]]

* ''Literature/TheEagleDownUnder'': He actually pulls an military coup against president Michel Temer in an AlternateHistory scenario where Brazil is nuked by Islamic terrorists.

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered an radical by others due to his outrageous statements not only regarding just the military regime, but also interracial couples, women and LGBT rights, advocating torture, death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other things. It would be hard to imagine someone like him being even considered president, but his appeal among the public grew following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido Trabalhador (Workers' Party) party in control being involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached, though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]] and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer. In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as an candidate, emulating a similar platform as Donald Trump by presenting himself as an "outsider" who would defy the establishment. Just like Trump, many skeptical of his chances in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win, PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010) who ironically [[NotSoDifferent shares some similarities]] with Bolsonaro: Lula is a populist (albeit a left-leaning one) who is fairly divisive on its own and also ran as an outsider during his previous presidential campaigns against the established status quo. The game was changed when Lula was barred from running due to corruption charges and being replaced with his vice Fernando Haddad. Bolsonaro won against him the two election rounds as a result.

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered an radical by others due to his outrageous statements not only regarding just the military regime, but also interracial couples, women and LGBT rights, advocating torture, death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other things. It would be hard to imagine someone being even considered president, but his appeal among the public grew following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido Trabalhador (Workers' Party) party in control being involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached, though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]] and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer. In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as an candidate, emulating a similar platform as Donald Trump by presenting himself as an "outsider" who would defy the establishment. Just like Trump, many skeptical of his chances in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win, PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010) who ironically [[NotSoDifferent shares some similarities]] with Bolsonaro: Lula is a populist (albeit a left-leaning one) who is fairly divisive on its own and also ran as an outsider during his previous presidential campaigns against the established status quo. The game was changed when Lula was barred from running due to corruption charges and being replaced with his vice Fernando Haddad. Bolsonaro won against him the two election rounds as a result.

Bolsonaro built his campaign on socially conservative, economically liberal policies: he supports the idea of smaller government and free market, while promising to crack down hard on crime and preserving Christian values. His gun ownership advocancy is likely what won him most support among the public as Brazil is a country that suffers from extremely high criminality rates and he proposes the idea of arming citizens to fight against thugs, stating that drug dealers have access to automatic and high-caliber weapons while innocents have no means to defend themselves and argues that they should be able to "level the game". He has been very critical of "cultural marxism" and condemned the European Union as well as Communist regimes like Cuba and Venezuela for promoting it, and dismissed secularism as "nonsense", viewing Brazil as an Christian state where the minority has to adjust to the majority. [[note]]Brazil is a Catholic-majority secular state and Bolsonaro is Roman Catholic, yet he enjoys a big support from Evangelical Protestants[[/note]]

Jair Messias Bolsonaro (Born March 21, 1955) is the 38th President of UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} and retired military officer in [[UsefulNotes/BraziliansWithBazookas Brazilian Army]] having attained the rank of Captain. Controversial is the ''mildest'' way anyone can describe him as his public figure has always been associated with it in one way or another. He became known when he publicly criticized the army for the low wages of its members, which got him into court-martial though he received a lot of support from his peers. He entered politics shortly afterwards and got into the spotlight once again in 1998 when he publicly praised the UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime and UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet's rule over Chile, both of which were extremey authoritarian dictatorship specially being considered [[TooSoon still fresh in people's memories at the time]] (the former ended in 1985 while the latter in 1998). He particularly regards the Brazilian dictatorship's time as an "[[GoodOldWays glorious period]]" in their country's history, and their greatest mistake was that "they didn't kill more".

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered an radical by others due to his outrageous statements not only regarding just the military regime, but also interracial couples, women and LGBT rights, advocating torture, death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other things. It would be hard to imagine someone being placed into power by the people, but following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido Trabalhador (Workers' Party) party in control involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached, though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]] and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer. In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as an candidate and was elected in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win, PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010) was barred from running due to corruption charges.

Many people would consider him the Brazilian equivalent to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, which Bolsonaro himself would definitely view as a complement. His foreign policy is staunchly pro-American (specially towards the Trump administration) and pro-UsefulNotes/{{Israel}} (to the point he intends to close relations with the [[UsefulNotes/PalestinianTerritories State of Palestine]]). Bolsonaro has also show suspicion towards China, which also happens to be Brazil's economical partner in the BRICS, and intends to move away from it's sphere of influence in order to formalize closer relationships with America.

Much like UsefulNotes/RodrigoDuterte (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but abroad too. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime like promising to uphold free speech, arming the populace and having smaller government, while his detractors (the most well-known are Creator/EllenPage and Creator/StephenFry) view him anywhere from a dictator in the making that wants to restore another military regime or create a Christian theonomy that threatens the right of minorities, but even those who don't necessarily think in such thing believe that his government will have disastrous unintended consequences in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

Much like UsefulNotes/RodrigoDuterte (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but abroad too. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime like promising to uphold free speech arming the populace and having smaller government, while his detractors (the most well-known are Creator/EllenPage and Creator/StephenFry) view him anywhere from a dictator in the making that wants to restore another military regime or create a Christian theonomy that threatens the right of minorities, but even those who don't necessarily think in such thing believe that his government will have disastrous unintended consequences in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

!Jair Bolsonaro has appeared in the following works:
* ''Literature/TheEagleDownUnder'': He actually pulls an actual military coup against president Michel Temer in an AlternateHistory scenario where Brazil is nuked by Islamic terrorists.

Jair Messias Bolsonaro (Born March 21, 1955) is the 38th President of UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} and retired military officer in [[UsefulNotes/BraziliansWithBazookas Brazilian Army]] having attained the rank of Captain. Controversial is the ''mildest'' way anyone can describe him as his public figure has always been associated with it in one way or another. He became known when he publicly criticized the army for the low wages of its members, which got him into court-martial though he received a lot of support from his peers. He entered politics shortly afterwards and got into the spotlight once again in 1998 when he publicly praised the UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime and UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet's rule over Chile, both of which were extremey authoritarian dictatorship specially being considered [[TooSoon still fresh in people's memories at the time]] (the former ended in 1985 while the latter in 1998). He particularly regards the Brazilian dictatorship's time as an "[[GoodOldDays glorious period]]" in their country's history, and their greatest mistake was that "they didn't kill more".

Much like UsefulNotes/RodrigoDuterte, he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but abroad too. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime like promising to uphold free speech arming the populace and having smaller government, while his detractors view him anywhere from a dictator in the making that wants to restore another military regime or create a Christian theonomy, but even those who don't necessarily think in such thing believe that his government will have disastrous unintended consequences in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, RuleOfCautiousJudgmentEditing applies.

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered an radical by others due to his outrageous statements not only regarding just the military regime, but also interracial couples, women and LGBT rights, advocating torture, death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other things. It would be hard to imagine someone being placed into power by the people, but following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido Trabalhador (Workers' Party) party in control involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached, though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]] and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer. In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as an candidate and was elected in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win, PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010) was barred from running due to corruption charges.