Trump threatens Brazil with 50% tariff and hits out ex-leader Bolsonaro's trial as a 'disgrace'

[Judi Lynn]

The former Brazilian president is facing charges that he plotted a coup after losing the 2022 election.

7.48am, 10 Jul 2025

DONALD TRUMP HAS threatened Brazil with a new 50% tariff and hit out at the country’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva over the trial of its former leader Jair Bolsonaro.

In a letter addressed to Lula, Trump criticised the treatment of his right-wing ally Bolsonaro as an “international disgrace”.

Bolsonaro is facing trial in Brazil over accusations that he plotted a coup after his narrow 2022 election loss to Lula.

Trump said in his letter that a US “national security” levy on Brazilian goods will take effect on 1 August, mirroring a deadline which dozens of other economies face.

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In response, Lula warned of possible reciprocation, writing on social media platform X that “any unilateral tariff increases will be addressed in light of the Brazilian Law of Economic Reciprocity”.

Brazil had announced earlier yesterday that it had summoned the US charge d’affaires over Trump’s previous criticism of the Bolsonaro trial.

More:
https://www.thejournal.ie/trump-brazil-tariff-jair-bolsonaro-coup-trial-6758588-Jul2025/

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Good Grief! Do we need anymore proof that TFG is trying to rule the world?!