Travis Kriens, KORN News Radio
There’s a certain type of former world leader — let’s call him a very stable genius — who simply cannot take “you lost” for an answer.
You know the type. Always the victim. Always cheated. Always surrounded by “witch hunts” conducted by judges, journalists, and anyone else who has the gall to read numbers out loud.
And when this kind of leader loses an election, the reactions are as predictable as they are theatrical. First comes the denial. Then the rage tweets. Then the conspiracy theories involving servers, satellites, bamboo ballots, and Italian grandmothers hacking democracy from space.
Finally, of course, comes the “spontaneous” uprising, in which supporters just happen to show up at a national capitol and just happen to force their way inside — all purely coincidental, obviously — while the leader assures everyone he’s merely encouraging peaceful civic engagement. With flags.
Then come the investigations, the trials, the dramatic speeches about political persecution, the fundraising emails written in a tone usually reserved for late-night weight-loss infomercials. And eventually, inevitably, come the legal consequences.
Now, imagine this: Our mystery leader, now convicted of orchestrating a plot to overturn his election loss, faces a multi-decade prison sentence. But he’s placed under house arrest, fitted with an ankle monitor, and expected to sit quietly until the high court rules he must report to prison.
Instead, he allegedly tries to tamper with the ankle monitor. The adult version of trying to sneak out of the house but with more tools and fewer brain cells. Meanwhile, his followers organize a giant prayer event that looks suspiciously like a distraction for an escape plan worthy of a made-for-TV movie. The authorities catch on, and our democracy-challenged protagonist is hauled off by federal police before he can make a run for it.
Now, at this point, you’re probably nodding along thinking, Oh, I know exactly who we’re talking about. This is obviously about you-know-who. Same plot, same energy, same everything.
And you’d be right… except you’re completely wrong.
Because the man who was arrested on November 22, 2025 for allegedly plotting an escape to avoid a 27-year prison sentence for a coup attempt wasn’t the American politician you just spent five minute picturing.
It was Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil. A man who looked at January 6 and said, “Great idea, let me try that, but with worse execution and more ankle-monitor soldering.”
So yes, this story sounds familiar. Uncomfortably familiar. Eerily familiar.
But don’t worry. It happened in another country. Far, far away.
Nothing for us to learn here. Nothing at all.