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Trump says Lula asked him not to take sides

Brazilian officials are responding cautiously to his election criticism as Flávio Bolsonaro's arrival in Florida adds to diplomatic tensions.

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2:47Uribe reports that federal police are investigating whether businesspeople and politicians helped Flávio Bolsonaro leave Brazil.
5:20Maia examines a possible asset freeze; the discussion concerns measures under consideration, not an announced freeze.
10:14Maldonado reports from Florida on Bolsonaro's arrival and photographs with Eduardo Bolsonaro and Alexandre Ramagem.
12:54Trump criticizes Brazil's election and says Lula asked him not to take sides.
13:30Falcão and Mega describe Brazilian officials' caution about further straining relations with the United States.
17:37Mega reports the Foreign Ministry's assessment that an effort to establish a parallel government abroad has already foundered.

Donald Trump says Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, asked him not to take sides in the country's presidential election. Yet the U.S. president also sharply criticized the vote, according to footage presented by Brazil's CNN Brasil in its October 29 Bastidores CNN broadcast.

The program places those remarks alongside reporting on defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro's departure for the United States. Its central diplomatic question is how Lula's government will handle Trump's comments without further damaging relations with Washington.

Presenters Gustavo Uribe and Tainá Falcão introduce Trump's remarks about twelve minutes into the broadcast. The footage shows him characterizing the Brazilian election as a disgrace and saying the incumbent president had asked him to remain neutral. The segment does not present evidence substantiating his criticism of the election.

Falcão and political analyst Isabel Mega describe a cautious response from the presidential palace and Brazil's Foreign Ministry. Mega says the ministry's assessment is that attempts to establish a parallel government abroad have already foundered. That is the diplomatic assessment reported in the program, not an announcement of an agreed response between the two governments.

Earlier, Uribe reports that federal police are investigating whether businesspeople and politicians helped Bolsonaro leave Brazil. Public-security analyst Elijonas Maia discusses a possible request to freeze his assets and bank accounts, describing it as a way to restrict financing for further travel or political activity abroad. These are measures under consideration, not a freeze the broadcast establishes has occurred.

Reporting from Florida, Patrícia Maldonado also describes photographs of Bolsonaro with Eduardo Bolsonaro and Alexandre Ramagem. His presence there provides the immediate backdrop to the program's account of Brasília's efforts to contain the diplomatic fallout.