<p class="title">Brazil's right-wing president-elect Jair Bolsonaro better not get too carried away with comparisons of him to the US president.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There's only one Donald Trump," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders dead-panned Monday, pouring cold water on claims -- both from supporters and opponents -- that Brazil has produced its very own tropical Trump.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Despite this, there were signs of a budding Trump-Bolsonaro friendship after the former paratrooper's election on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Washington has avoided any comment on Bolsonaro's long history of making comments seen as sexist, homophobic and racist, as well as openly praising torture and military rule under Brazil's 1964-1985 dictatorship.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Instead, Trump was quick off the mark with a phone call to congratulate Bolsonaro on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Later, Trump tweeted about the "excellent call," saying "we agreed that Brazil and the United States will work closely together on Trade, Military and everything else!"</p>
<p class="title">Brazil's right-wing president-elect Jair Bolsonaro better not get too carried away with comparisons of him to the US president.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There's only one Donald Trump," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders dead-panned Monday, pouring cold water on claims -- both from supporters and opponents -- that Brazil has produced its very own tropical Trump.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Despite this, there were signs of a budding Trump-Bolsonaro friendship after the former paratrooper's election on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Washington has avoided any comment on Bolsonaro's long history of making comments seen as sexist, homophobic and racist, as well as openly praising torture and military rule under Brazil's 1964-1985 dictatorship.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Instead, Trump was quick off the mark with a phone call to congratulate Bolsonaro on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Later, Trump tweeted about the "excellent call," saying "we agreed that Brazil and the United States will work closely together on Trade, Military and everything else!"</p>