CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta is wrong. Saagar Enjeti’s question to President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil on Tuesday was both justified and sensible. The Daily Caller’s White House reporter asked Bolsonaro how the election of a socialist president might alter his policy towards the U.S.

The Brazilian president’s interest in U.S. relations is focused on closer economic and national security partnerships. The socialistic policies now being promoted by top 2020 Democratic presidential aspirants would feasibly weaken the U.S. military, damage the U.S. economy, and obstruct trade opportunities with Brazil. In that sense, Bolsonaro would have good rationale to think more cautiously of U.S. engagement under a Democratic president.