Trump, Brazil and Jair Bolsonaro
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President Donald Trump is announcing a 50% tariff on imports from Brazil starting August 1, citing the ongoing prosecution of one of his longtime allies, Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, calling it a "witch hunt.
President Trump vowed to impose 50% tariffs on imports from Brazil, citing a "witch hunt" of Brazil's former president.
Brazil is set to summon the U.S. embassy's chargé d'affaires after the diplomatic entity backed ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro. This comes as Trump, via social media, labeled Bolsonaro's trial for an alleged coup plot a 'witch hunt.
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For the third time in three months, Donald Trump has identified a foreign ally facing legal trouble. And also for the third time in three months, the American president has condemned the foreign case as a “witch hunt.