Donald Trump has hit Brazil with a 50 percent import tariff on 'any and all' goods sent to the United States as punishment for the 'witch hunt' trial against former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Trump fired off a furious letter to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday laying out the details of his new tariff.
'The way that Brazil has treated former President Bolsonaro, a Highly Respected Leader throughout the world... is an international disgrace,' Trump wrote in the letter, which he shared to Truth Social.
Bolsonaro is on trial accused of trying to overturn his 2022 election loss. He testified in June before the country's Supreme Court over his alleged plot to remain in power despite losing the vote.
Bolsonaro has already been barred from from running for office until 2030 by the country's electoral authorities.
