Covid-19 and populist leadership in US and Brazil: Impact on international cooperation and global solidarity

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Table 1. Manifestation of the Conceptual Features of Populism in the US and Brazil.

	Anti-establishment agenda and association with the ‘people’	Anti-pluralism and narrow conception of the ‘real people’	Contempt for institutions and constitutional checks and balances
Donald Trump	Associated with white working and middle-class Americans who felt disregarded by the ‘elite’; encouraged white supremacists; portrayed himself as a the ‘real’ American	Anti-immigrant stance against Muslims and Mexicans; imposed the ‘Muslim ban’; and attempted to build a wall on the Mexican border	Deemed traditional media as ‘fake’; rejected elections; and incited riots against the Congress
Jair Bolsonaro	Exclusive conception of the ‘real’ people based on religious values, traditional family and military support; and against ‘corrupt opposition’	Antagonism against environmentalists; slurs towards leftists; and racist rhetoric against indigenous Brazilians	Rallied against Congress and Supreme Court; discredited media; exalted the military; and called himself the ‘constitution’

Source: Authors.

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