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Author: wzambon ✶❂🐝 BRONZE
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Subject: Trump’s Authoritarian Refugee Program
Date: 10/28/26 8:57 AM
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Good news, America! While ordinary immigrants face detention and deportation, the Trump administration has apparently opened a luxury relocation service for politically connected election losers.

Meet Flávio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s latest contribution to the international endangered species list: the defeated authoritarian wannabe.

Flávio lost Brazil’s presidential election to Lula by more than four million votes. Naturally, he questioned the results. Democracy is wonderful until voters start making decisions without permission.

Then came the unfortunate business of Brazilian authorities ordering him to surrender his passports amid investigations into alleged financial crimes, which he denies.

But fear not! Washington, normally so enthusiastic about border security, suddenly discovered its humanitarian instincts.

The Trump administration announced visas for Bolsonaro and his family.

Imagine the brochure:

WELCOME TO AMERICA’S AUTHORITARIAN RETIREMENT RESORT!

Lost an election? Facing prosecution? Allergic to accountability?

We’ve got Florida!

Enjoy beachfront grievance sessions, complimentary conspiracy theories, and networking opportunities with distinguished gentlemen who believe elections are legitimate only when they win.

Meanwhile, ordinary immigrants can sample the traditional American hospitality package: interrogation, detention, and perhaps a complimentary ankle monitor.

For politically connected election losers, however, there’s our exclusive executive package: Make Asylum Great Again.

It’s a remarkable immigration philosophy. Families fleeing poverty and violence face suspicion. A politically connected presidential candidate facing legal scrutiny gets a welcome from Washington.

Apparently, the problem was never foreigners entering America. It was foreigners arriving without the right political connections.

And there you have it. America’s newest immigration policy, explained in one sentence:

We used to offer refuge to people fleeing dictatorships.

Now we’re offering hospitality to politicians fleeing the consequences of democracy.

Michael Corthell

essayx.substack.com - Americas newest import defeated dictator
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