“[This] is a Witch Hunt that should end IMMEDIATELY!” thundered Trump, long Bolsonaro’s most important international backer. Bolsonaro’s senator son, Flávio, urged Lula’s administration to immediately cave in to Trump’s ultimatum by offering his father an amnesty from prosecution. Flávio Bolsonaro likened Brazil’s predicament to Japan’s at the end of the second world war when the US’s B-29 bombers blasted it into submission. He suspected Trump’s trade war on Brazil would have a similar “rally around the flag” impact for Lula – in the short-term, at least. Silvana Marques, the protesting teacher, was adamant the Brazilian authorities should not yield to “crazy” Trump’s demands and let Bolsonaro off the hook.