Trump threatens Brazil with more tariffs if they don't drop charges against his blow buddy Bolsonaro

[Yssup Rider]

Like this is any of America's business.

Just fucking embarrassing.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/econo...mp?cid=ios_app

Trump threatens 50% tariffs on Brazil if it doesn’t stop the Bolsonaro ‘witch hunt’ trial

CNN
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Brazil with a crippling tariff of 50% starting August 1, according to a letter he sent to the country’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

In the letter posted on Truth Social, Trump alleged Lula is undertaking a “Witch Hunt that should end IMMEDIATELY!” over charges against its right-wing former president, Jair Bolsonaro.

Bolsonaro, who has bragged about his closeness with Trump, is facing trial for allegedly attempting to stage a coup against Lula.

Lula vowed to reciprocate if Trump follows through with his threat.

“Brazil is a sovereign nation with independent institutions and will not accept any form of tutelage,” Lula said in a post on X.

“Any measure to increase tariffs unilaterally will be responded to in light of Brazil’s Law of Economic Reciprocity,” he added.

This marks the first time in months another country has threatened to match Trump’s tariff threat.

Unlike the 21 other countries that have received letters from Trump this week, Brazil was not set to face “reciprocal” tariffs in April. Goods from there have instead been tariffed at a minimum of 10%, which is the rate Trump has been taxing most goods from countries that were set to face “reciprocal” tariffs.


And unlike the other 21 countries, the US ran a $6.8 billion trade surplus with Brazil last year, meaning the US exported more goods to there than it imported from there. That means Brazil’s 50% tariff on American goods could severely harm domestic businesses that rely on exporting goods there.

This is not the first time Trump has used the threat of tariffs to try to change other countries’ domestic policy decisions.

Earlier this year, he threatened 25% tariffs on Colombian exports that would grow to 50% if the country didn’t accept deportees from the US. (Colombia ultimately accepted the deportees and avoided those tariffs.) Trump also imposed tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China over the role he alleges they play in facilitating illegal migration to the US and enabling fentanyl to reach the country.

[Lucas McCain]

The silly bullshit just never ends with our Benjamin Buttons geriatric leader. Can someone give that old fucker some melatonin or one of the many other available sleep aids so his ass will just sleep and stay off social media when he is bored?

[Tiny]

That’s called shooting your nose off to spite your face. The USA has a trade surplus with Brazil, as noted in Yssup’s article. And Brazil’s in a position to put the screws to companies like Facebook, Google, etc.

Trade is not a zero sum game. But if it were, why would you start a trade war with a country that buys more from you than you buy from it?

[Yssup Rider]

Why would any POTUS directly meddle in the court and legislature of a foreign country?

With blackmail ?

And an ally no less?

He’s a fucking lunatic.