President Biden hosted Brazilian President Luiz Ignácio Lula da Silva at the White House today. This simple declarative sentence is filled with comforting facts: Biden, not Trump, is the US President. Lula, not Jair Bolsonaro, is President of Brazil. We should all be grateful.
Because even though Biden and Lula were legitimately elected to their positions, both have faced insurrections from their countries' rabid right wings — flames that have been fanned by their predecessors. Lula acknowledged as much in his Oval Office meeting.
"Brazil marginalized itself for four years,” he said. "Bolsonaro's world started and ended with fake news."
"Sounds familiar," Biden replied.
See, this is another reason we cats love Joe Biden. He's been around the block for so long — 50 years! — that he's able to cut to the chase with incredible ease, and with complete credibility. As for Lula, what a gift to him that Bolsonaro, under investigation for corruption, is hiding out in Orlando, Florida. It's hard to look statesmanlike when you're cowering in the shadow of Rhonda Santis.
Challenges for the US and Brazil remain. But President Biden was right when he said today, "Both in the United States and Brazil, democracy prevailed." Yes, it has. Take that, Trumpsters. We cats PURR.
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