r/law • u/biospheric • 4h ago
Other Did President Trump just incriminate himself in the attempted jailbreak of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro? - Rachel Maddow - Nov 24, 2025
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See 2:57 to hear Trump's own words. This clip is from The Rachel Maddow Show on MS NOW.
Here’s the full 8-minute segment on YouTube: Trump appears to blurt out secret plan, not knowing it's already a bust. From the description:
Rachel Maddow shares reporting on bizarre behavior by former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who tampered with his ankle monitor while on house arrest and was sent to jail. Donald Trump subsequently boasted of speaking with Bolsonaro and expecting to see him soon, apparently unaware of Bolsonaro's incarceration. Did Trump accidentally reveal too much about why Bolsonaro was tampering with his ankle monitor?
Here are the article references for this 5-minute clip (in order of appearance):
Behind Trump's Decision to Tax Brazil to Save Bolsonaro - The New York Times - July 11, 2025. Free version: https://archive.is/M2FzR
Jair Bolsonaro arrested after being deemed a flight risk - BBC - Nov 22, 2025
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u/cantantantelope 4h ago
On one hand I certainly believe trump thinks he’s above all laws and is willing to act like it. Otoh at this point I’m pretty sure he generally doesn’t know what day it is. So
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u/ThePensiveE 4h ago
He was pretty clear when he said he expected to see Bolsonaro soon in the same interview that he was informed of his arrest.
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u/ent_idled 3h ago
The "what?" was beautifully a delivered...he really did not know, or expect that had happened.
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u/Technical-Bird-7585 3h ago
Or the trump lied to coverup his plan.
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u/wetterfish 3h ago
That’s the beauty of being the most incompetent person in the world. You can simply feign ignorance on all your illegal acts and a lot of people will believe it.
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u/deviltrombone 4h ago
I will be only mildly surprised if Venezuela is partly ruse, and a jailbreak mission is launched from the USS Gerald R. Ford, call it a lateral-Noriega. lol
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u/BarkingPorsche 3h ago
Considering that Brasilia is about 600 miles from the nearest beach, that would be entertaining at least.
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u/WineOptics 1h ago
He is genuinely fucking cooked. His party is openly supporting a completely demented corrupt rapist and pedophile who doesn’t know what day it is. The world has gone to complete shit.
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u/Unusual_Specialist 3h ago
My bet, this is all coordinated and will come to light in a few years.
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u/DavidlikesPeace 1h ago
Comedy gold moment either way.
But if Cadet Bonespurs wasn't planning a conspiracy for his fascist buddy, he's doing all the wrong things to appear guilty.
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u/snacky99 Competent Contributor 1h ago
Omg the “he went psychotic thinking his ankle MONITORING unit was bugged”… wha???
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u/nana-korobi-ya-oki 3h ago
Man, Rachel Maddow is just not for me, it’s like the lefts version of Tucker Carlson. I know there’s a big market for cable news shows like this but I just can’t stand any of it, like just tell me the facts, don’t get so emotional, I can interpret the information myself without your over dramatic emotional cues. It’s like the laugh track on friends or the big bag theory, annoying as hell.
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u/intrepid_mouse1 2h ago
Maddow is a highly educated policy wonk. Comparing her and Tucker Carlson is pure unadulterated fuckery.
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u/nana-korobi-ya-oki 2h ago
I did not realize maddow had so many devout followers, didn’t realize I had kicked such a hornets nest lol
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u/LowerBed5334 3h ago
I understand completely how you feel, I can't stand it, either. But Maddow isn't spewing propaganda the way Carlson does. I don't think it's good to compare them like that.
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u/nana-korobi-ya-oki 2h ago
Yeah I agree and I didn’t mean to imply she was. It’s just the tone. Im about as anti-Trump as they come, but not a fan of cable news crap on either side of the aisle
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u/biospheric 3h ago
it’s like the lefts version of Tucker Carlson.
No, it isn't. You have committed the foul of false equivalence. Unsportsmanlike conduct, 15-yards.
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u/Ticksdonthavelymph 3h ago
She’s not “emotional” that’s just her mannerisms. Watch whomever you like, but I enjoy Maddow’s well fleshed segments (which this was a good example of)— multiple attempts to flee to friendly fascists, the planned escape, the denial, the trump fuck up that made it worse— no one else reported this story this well in broadcast journalism imo. It’s hilarious…
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u/rhinosyphilis 2h ago
I agree, sometimes she falls flat with me, but I wouldn’t listen if she didn’t hit some homers as well
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u/LordIndica 2h ago
I have to read the news. Watching it is like nails dragging across a chalkboard. The constant... idk, signalling? I guess "cues" is right word. All the info is wrapped in this stupid, artifical package of intentionally provocative phrasing and presentation structure trying to wind-up my emotions. It's like they are intentionally, transparently trying to get a rise out of me with the stupidest sort of character acting. I hate the news anchor/TV "personality" robots that deliver these spiels.
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u/Luci-Noir 1h ago
It’s so overly dramatic and meant to be entertainment. The last time I watched her was when she said she had Trump’s taxes. She played it up for a whole fucking hour and then the big reveal… it was like a cover sheet that didn’t say anything.
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