Defacto leader of attempt to overthow US election threatens US consumers in defense of Brazil's traitor former president [View all]
Trump Threatens Brazil With Tariffs of 50 Percent as He Assails Prosecution of Bolsonaro
Trade war: President Trump said he planned to impose tariffs of 50 percent on imports from Brazil as he accused Brazilian authorities of unfairly charging his political ally, former President Jair Bolsonaro, with attempting a coup.
It was an extraordinary attempt to use tariffs as a cudgel to influence a criminal trial in a foreign nation. Brazil was the largest of the eight countries Mr. Trump targeted for tariffs on Wednesday in letters that indicate he is continuing his strategy of punishing nations that sell more than they buy from the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/09/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
___In a letter to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, Mr. Trump wrote that the new tariffs would take effect on Aug. 1. “The way that Brazil has treated former President Bolsonaro, a Highly Respected Leader throughout the World during his Term, including by the United States, is an international disgrace.”
Mr. Trump wrote that the tariffs were also in response to “SECRET and UNLAWFUL Censorship Orders to U.S. Social Media platforms” and that he had ordered U.S. officials to open a trade investigation into Brazil for “continued attacks on the Digital Trade activities of American Companies.”
Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the Brazilian Supreme Court justice who is overseeing the case against Mr. Bolsonaro, has ordered tech companies to take down hundreds of accounts that he said threatened Brazil’s democracy. His moves have made him a top target of the right in Brazil and the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/09/us/trump-news#brazil-trump-bolsonaro-lula-coup-tariff
...so, Trump is now threatening to, ultimately, punish American consumers and businesses to protest Brazil's prosecution of their former president for orchestrating a coup.
It's unavoidable to draw parallels between Bolsonaro's gaslighting and lies which he permeated Brazil's media with to further his political interests and Trump's use of Twitter and Truth Social to promote and perpetuate propaganda and lies, as he did when he was involved in trying to overturn the votes in his presidential election.
Is Trump trying to organize an international coalition of traitors in the Americas?
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