Brazil heads to run-off between Lula and pro-Trump Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Brazil’s presidential election will go to a run-off on October 25 between President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who has promised the Trump administration access to Brazil’s rare earths to cut US reliance on China. Asked about the vote on Thursday before boarding his helicopter, US President Donald Trump said he was following it “very closely”. “It’s a very important.