<p>Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of Republican President Donald Trump and one of the few prominent world leaders still not to have congratulated Democratic President-elect Joe Biden on his election win, asked on Thursday whether the vote in the US was really over.</p>.<p>Talking to supporters outside his official residence, Bolsonaro was asked what he thought of the American election result.</p>.<p>"But has it finished, have the elections already finished?," he asked the supporter, breaking into a smile before posing for selfies.</p>.<p>The Brazilian leader, who had vowed to be the first to congratulate Trump on his re-election, is approaching a week without passing on congratulations to Biden, who has been projected to win the majority of both the popular and electoral vote.</p>.<p>The Brazilian leader's posture could herald a rocky start in relations with Biden, whose agenda with Brazil would likely include addressing Amazon deforestation and human rights.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/when-saliva-runs-out-one-has-to-have-gunpowder-brazils-jair-bolsonaro-says-in-swipe-at-joe-biden-914438.html" target="_blank">'When saliva runs out, one has to have gunpowder,' Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro says in swipe at Joe Biden</a></strong></p>.<p>On Tuesday, he also took a swipe at Biden referring to him as a "candidate" and taking issue with a comment Biden said during a US presidential debate that Brazil should fight deforestation with foreign help or face unspecified "economic consequences."</p>.<p>"We saw recently there a great candidate for head of state say that if I don't put out the fire in the Amazon, he will put up commercial barriers against Brazil," Bolsonaro said.</p>.<p>"And how can we deal with all that? Just diplomacy is not enough ... When saliva runs out, one has to have gunpowder, otherwise it doesn't work." </p>
<p>Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of Republican President Donald Trump and one of the few prominent world leaders still not to have congratulated Democratic President-elect Joe Biden on his election win, asked on Thursday whether the vote in the US was really over.</p>.<p>Talking to supporters outside his official residence, Bolsonaro was asked what he thought of the American election result.</p>.<p>"But has it finished, have the elections already finished?," he asked the supporter, breaking into a smile before posing for selfies.</p>.<p>The Brazilian leader, who had vowed to be the first to congratulate Trump on his re-election, is approaching a week without passing on congratulations to Biden, who has been projected to win the majority of both the popular and electoral vote.</p>.<p>The Brazilian leader's posture could herald a rocky start in relations with Biden, whose agenda with Brazil would likely include addressing Amazon deforestation and human rights.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/when-saliva-runs-out-one-has-to-have-gunpowder-brazils-jair-bolsonaro-says-in-swipe-at-joe-biden-914438.html" target="_blank">'When saliva runs out, one has to have gunpowder,' Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro says in swipe at Joe Biden</a></strong></p>.<p>On Tuesday, he also took a swipe at Biden referring to him as a "candidate" and taking issue with a comment Biden said during a US presidential debate that Brazil should fight deforestation with foreign help or face unspecified "economic consequences."</p>.<p>"We saw recently there a great candidate for head of state say that if I don't put out the fire in the Amazon, he will put up commercial barriers against Brazil," Bolsonaro said.</p>.<p>"And how can we deal with all that? Just diplomacy is not enough ... When saliva runs out, one has to have gunpowder, otherwise it doesn't work." </p>