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Trump Mixes Up Brazil And India While Criticizing US Elections
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News18•05-10-2026, 15:30
Trump Mixes Up Brazil And India While Criticizing US Elections
- •US President Donald Trump mistakenly claimed in a social media post that 125 million people voted in India's presidential election.
- •The voter turnout figure and rapid result reporting actually described the first round of the presidential election in Brazil, not India.
- •Trump used the mix-up to attack the US electoral process, criticizing the weeks it takes to calculate votes in cities and states.
- •India does not hold direct presidential elections and had nearly 980 million registered electors in its recent Lok Sabha elections.
- •Trump has previously praised India's voter identification system while advocating for stricter voting reforms in the United States.
Key Questions Answered
US President Donald Trump mistakenly referred to Brazil's presidential election as India's while criticizing the American electoral process on social media.
Brazil's presidential election featured incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who will face a run-off.
Trump invoked India's 2024 general election statistics—noting 646 million voters, strict photo ID requirements, and low mail-in voting—to push for the passage of the SAVE America Act.
