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Posted on 07/11/2025 9:07:37 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Since March, the son of the former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been roaming the halls of the White House.
Eduardo Bolsonaro, 41, is a sitting Brazilian congressman, but his latest job has been to convince U.S. officials that a dangerous Brazilian Supreme Court justice wants to throw him and his father into prison, simply for fighting against what they claim was a stolen election.
And in multiple visits to Washington over the past several months, he has found a sympathetic audience.
“This is nothing more, or less, than an attack on a Political Opponent — Something I know much about!” President Trump posted online Monday. “It happened to me, times 10.”
Eduardo Bolsonaro said he had been pushing senior White House officials to place sanctions on the Brazilian judge overseeing his father’s prosecution.
Then, on Wednesday, Mr. Trump opted for something far more damaging: a 50 percent tariff on all Brazilian imports starting Aug. 1, retaliation for what he called a “witch hunt” against Jair Bolsonaro.
The shift from imposing sanctions on a single judge to threatening an entire nation of 200 million with harsh tariffs was Mr. Trump’s decision alone, according to two people familiar with the meeting at which the president discussed his decision and who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a private conversation.
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There’s got to be more to it than that.
Brazil and China own vast acres of American farmland and processing plants
What do we import from Brazil, besides Brazilians?
Yes, but remember the basis for any NYT story is "Let's Hate Trump".
Western Democracy is a myth.
I think Trump gave a second reason too.
But Trump clearly said that the Bolsonaro sham conviction was a reason.
Shot across the global bow
Why should we trade with communist s holes? Let them stew in their commie utopia.
Dominion voting machines.
Also, $1.74B of aerospace stuff (Embraer).
Yes, using the biggest weapon that will hit the Globalists corrupting Brazil directly, and hit them where it hurts them most.
Nor can they maneuver around the tariff punishment with legal-economic trickery.
This is about getting Globalist political influence out of Brazil.
Now that I think of it, the second reason was the BRICS summit.
Waxes
Tax Brasil? He’s taxing American consumers of Brazilian goods.
I don’t really have a firm opinion on this but am inclined to ask is this really a legit defensible reason to levy a high tariff on Brazil? Opinions welcome.
“Tax Brasil? He’s taxing American consumers of Brazilian goods.”
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Be careful with that. The accepted “wisdom” here is that tariffs don’t affect the price of imported goods, and that the manufacturers will willingly eat the additional taxes.
Magical thinking at best.
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