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Biden holds tense meeting with Brazil’s ‘Trump of the Tropics’ Jair Bolsonaro

President Biden held an awkward meeting Thursday with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump who has raised doubts about Mr. Biden’s election victory in 2020.

The two leaders didn’t shake hands on camera at the start of their meeting in Los Angeles, just as Mr. Bolsonaro had vowed not to do before arriving at the Summit of the Americas. It was the first time they’d met.

Mr. Bolsonaro, who is up for reelection this year, spoke directly to his TV audience in Brazil for most of his remarks on camera with Mr.