Comment His chief of staff (Score 2) 240
I read most comments, looks like no one mentioned the last part of the post, the one with Bolsonaro's chief of staff comment.
"His chief of staff, Onyx Lorenzoni, told the Globo broadcast network that the administration would be turning down the offer, and insulted Mr. Macron with a reference to the fire that gutted the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris in April. The Brazilian government later confirmed his comments, Globo reported."
His comment was something like this:
"We appreciate, but maybe this resources are more relevant to reforest Europe. Macron couldn't even prevent an expected fire in a world heritage church, so what he expects to teach our country? He has too much to handle back home and in the french colonies."
This is typical of Bolsonaro's blind supporters.
When Germany and Norway pulled the aid from the amazon fund Bolsonaro comment on the same lines, "Norway, the one that kills whales up there in the north?" And posted on twitter a video from the Faroe Islands. Also on Germany, he said Merkel should reforest Germany with that money. The next day the german embassy posted a video on how well german forests are preserved.
The next day he says Brazil has no funds to fight widespread fires deep in the amazon, surreal.
This right wing populists are as much of a danger to the world as their left wing counterparts, they both make up stories, deny facts, and their blind supporters love to read about them on social media.