Richard Nixon, who served as President Eisenhower’s Vice President, lost the 1960 US presidential election to John F. Kennedy and then the California Governorship to Edmund ‘Pat’ Brown in 1962. The post-election press conference was quite dramatic, a dejected Nixon even announced his complete withdrawal from politics.
The far-right leader has been sceptical of the coronavirus since it first emerged late last year, branding it "a little flu."
At the event, Bolsonaro said that he would use this visit as an opportunity for strengthening bilateral relations.
Alvin recorded the speech as Richard Wagner's Lohengrin opera played in the background, renowned for being Adolf Hitler's favourite composer.
Bolsonaro said Trump had changed his mind in a phone call initiated by the US president.
Bolsonaro said that Brazil's "Amazon is bigger than all of Western Europe" and that more than 60 per cent of it is "preserved," and thus his government "does not accept" the idea that any other country can tell Brazil what it should do to conserve the biomass.
The far-right president cited medical reasons for the absence, saying that doctors barred him from travelling on the eve of a surgery scheduled for next week. Doctors have also said Bolsonaro would need 10 days of rest following the operation.
The decree that was issued by President Jair Bolsonaro comes after escalating international pressure over the worst fires in the Amazon in years, which have ignited a diplomatic spat between Brazil and Europe.
The G7 aid offer was announced by French President Emmanuel Macron.
In a statement on Friday, Bolsonaro's spokesman, General Otavio do Rego Barros blamed "resistance and deliberate attacks from the mayor of New York and pressure from groups of interest".
