{"id":369503,"date":"2026-08-12T19:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-trying-to-influence-foreign-elections-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T19:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:00:17","slug":"is-trump-trying-to-influence-foreign-elections-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-trump-trying-to-influence-foreign-elections-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Trump trying to influence foreign elections? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZUD8n-ZteBo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is Trump trying to influence foreign elections? | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZUD8n-ZteBo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration is embroiled in a diplomatic standoff after Brazilian President Lula da Silva accused the US of sending officials to \u201cmeddle in Brazil\u2019s elections\u201d, an allegation the US called, &quot;baseless&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout its history, the US has been accused of trying to influence political events outside its borders \u2013 from offering subtle incentives for its preferred political outcome to secretly sponsoring coups against foreign governments.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, President Trump has pursued a more overt strategy, publicly endorsing candidates who align with his politics. So are we seeing a new blueprint for US foreign policy?<\/p>\n<p>We speak to BBC Brazil correspondent Leandro Prazeres about the US-Brazil fallout.<\/p>\n<p>We also hear from Politico correspondent Nahal Toosi about the long history of US interference in foreign elections, and how the Trump administration compares.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#Trump #Brasilia #BBCNews <\/p>\n<p>0:00 Is the US trying to interfere in Brazil&#8217;s election?<br \/>\n2:28 What&#8217;s at stake in Brazil&#8217;s election?<br \/>\n4:03 What does the US say about the allegations?<br \/>\n6:10 Would a Trump endorsement sway Brazilian voters?<br \/>\n7:51 Is this part of Trump&#8217;s wider foreign policy?<br \/>\n10:11 Is the US using money to influence elections?<br \/>\n10:40 Why are countries pushing back against the US?<br \/>\n14:04 How the US has interfered in elections before<br \/>\n16:56 How the US helped defeat a dictator in Serbia<br \/>\n19:14 Is Trump&#8217;s approach different from previous presidents?<br \/>\n20:24 Why US diplomats are wary of election interference<br \/>\n22:07 The long-term consequences of US intervention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration is embroiled in a diplomatic standoff after Brazilian President Lula da Silva accused the US of sending officials to \u201cmeddle in Brazil\u2019s elections\u201d, an allegation the US called, &quot;baseless&quot;. Throughout its history, the US has been accused of trying to influence political events outside its borders \u2013 from offering subtle incentives for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":369504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-369503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is Trump trying to influence foreign elections? | BBC News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Is Trump trying to influence foreign elections? | BBC News for free, here on News ISC. 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