Trump targets Brazil with a 50% tariff
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"I’ll be watching the WITCH HUNT of Jair Bolsonaro, his family, and thousands of his supporters, very closely," Trump stated. "The only Trial that should be happening is a Trial by the Voters of Brazil — It’s called an Election." The one area where Trump and Bolsonaro differ is in their pre-politics past.
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One of the highest tariffs threatened by President Trump so far is against Brazil, with the president citing a criminal prosecution against Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazil’s President forcefully rebuked Trump after the U.S. leader called the prosecution of Lula’s predecessor, Bolsonaro, a “witch hunt” and hiked tariffs on the Latin American nation.
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he planned to hit Brazil with a 50% tariff, in part due to the treatment of its former president and his political ally, Jair Bolsonaro.In a letter posted to Trump's Truth social media network,
As Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Donald Trump trade blows, the person they are fighting over has sent mixed signals to investors trying to divine who will blink first.
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Mediaite on MSNBrazil’s President Flatly Rejects Trump’s Demand to Drop Bolsonaro CaseLula issued a rebuke to Trump’s trade tariffs and firmly refused his demand that the case against the Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro be dropped. The post Brazil’s President Flatly Rejects Trump’s Demand to Drop Bolsonaro Case first appeared on Mediaite.
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Al Jazeera on MSN‘Terrible thing’: Trump defends Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro against coup trialUnited States President Donald Trump has taken to social media to defend his fellow right-wing leader Jair Bolsonaro, a former Brazilian president who faces criminal charges for allegedly plotting a coup d’etat. On Monday, Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social that Bolsonaro’s indictment was an example of political persecution.
The pairing of right-wing brawn and dominion theology have proved potent in Brazil, with results that might look familiar to Americans.