Comments come after Trump ally Flavio Bolsonaro fled to Miami in the US and claimed, without evidence, that vote was stolen.

United States President Donald Trump declined to say if he agreed with the outcome of Sunday’s presidential elections in Brazil , but said he thought the contest was a “disgrace”.

“I thought the election was a great embarrassment to the people of Brazil,” Trump said in response to a question from a reporter on Thursday morning. “I watched the election. I didn’t take sides. I let it be. I was asked not to take sides by the president, the current president,” he said.…