Trump Calls Brazil's Election 'Rigged': China Says It Respects the Brazilian People's Independent Choice
After Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won re-election, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that Brazil's election was 'rigged.' Asked about the remark by an AFP journalist at the regular press conference on October 27, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said, 'We respect the Brazilian people's independent choice.'
A day earlier, at the October 26 press conference, Guo said China had noted the announcement by Brazil's Superior Electoral Court that President Lula had won the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, and extended its congratulations, adding that China stands ready to work with Brazil to keep advancing the building of a China-Brazil community with a shared future. Asked the same day about Flávio Bolsonaro's claim that the election result was invalid, Guo said that China respects the choice of the Brazilian people.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：巴西总统卢拉（右）2026年2月与俄罗斯总理米舒斯京会面。照片：俄罗斯联邦政府，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。Photo: Brazilian President Lula (right) meeting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in February 2026. Photo: Government of the Russian Federation, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
