Jair Bolsonaro, 69, stated this Wednesday (6) that he sees Donald Trump’s election to the White House as an "extremely important step" for his "dream" of running in the 2026 election and returning to the Palácio do Planalto.

"It’s like a thousand-step journey; you have to take the first one, then the tenth. And Trump is an extremely important step," the former president told Folha.

For him, the Republican will send a message that his ineligibility was a scheme to remove him from the race.

Bolsonaro was convicted last year by the Superior Electoral Court for abuse of political and economic power and misuse of media due to accusations of spreading lies about the electoral process in a meeting with ambassadors and politically using the Independence Bicentennial celebration event.

The former president is also under investigation in other cases, including one that investigates discussions about a coup attempt.