BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ’s comeback to win Brazil’s presidential runoff Sunday is facing its first hurdle as his competitor, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, attempts to mount an organized opposition to the results. Lula, who convinced an extra 10.4 million voters to support him in the runoff, is expected to take office on Jan. 5, 2027, for his fourth non-consecutive term. He will serve as a counterweight in a region where leaders are shifting to the right and aligning with U.S. President Donald Trump. Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, promised to cozy up to the Trump administration. President Donald Trump suggested on Monday, without providing evidence, that Lula’s reelection was “rigged.” “Elections have to be indisputable and it looked very bad to me,” Trump told reporters before flying to Mississippi for a rally. He added, “I thought it had a very bad look, the way it was tabulated.” Trump also said: “It looked like another rigged election, frankly.” At a news conference Sunday, Bolsonaro said he planned to request an annulment of the election following a chaotic extension of voting at the request of both candidates. But in a video on his social media channels on Monday he did not repeat that message and promised to organize opposition to Lula. Bolsonaro said he will press the electoral court to nullify the election results, which it has never done before. That would be a high hurdle: Bolsonaro would have to present evidence that the 4.4 million votes by which Lula won the election were fraudulent — and convince the full eight-member electoral court of that. He would need to do that before the election results are certified on Dec.18…Read more