former president donald trump on friday hailed brazils president jair bolsonaro as a great leader and called on brazilians to vote him in for another term vote for president jair bolsonaro  he will never let you down trump wrote on his truth social platform he hit out at bolsonaros opponent luiz inacio lula da silva calling him a radical left lunatic who will quickly destroy your country the post marked the second time that trump has pushed for bolsonaros reelection saying before the october 2 firstround vote that he is a fantastic man one of the great presidents of any country in the world bolsonaro has been called the trump of the tropics the former military officers brash manner and disdain of the media echo the posture of the former us president in his statement trump derided bolsonaros opponent as lulu rather than using his nickname of lula polls give a slight edge to lula in sundays runoff but bolsonaro surprised polling firms with more solid results than forecast in the october 2 first round