Jair Bolsonaro's inauguration: the day progressive Brazil has dreaded

Brazil’s new president will feel emboldened to roll back rainforest protections and legitimise police’s use of deadly force

• Picture gallery: Jair Bolsonaro takes office as Brazil’s president

It was a softball question at a campaign trail press conference: what would Jair Bolsonaro do on his first day as president?

Brazil’s preeminent provocateur wrestled it straight into a Trumpian whirlpool of bluster and barminess.

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