The article lists the main aspects of Temer's mandate that contributed to changing the direction of Brazilian politics to a more right-wing orientation, and with a program different from the guidelines of the slate previously formed with President Dilma Rousseff, forming the “bridge” that led Brazil to elect Bolsonaro. In the first months of his term, President Temer announced austerity measures of great impact - such as labor reform and the spending cap, which were not part of his predecessor's government program. Temer's plans would possibly have gone further, with a possible approval of the pension reform, had he not been implicated in several corruption investigations. Fearing, however, with a government with a strong pro-market orientation, ended up being a transitional government between the PT governments and the Bolsonaro government.