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Trump says he’s punishing Brazil with 50% tariffs in retaliation for its prosecution of Jair Bolsonaro over his attempted coup

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social

Oh, yes. We should absolutely all pay more imports from Brazil because Trump feels such brotherhood for coup plotters and other criminals like him.

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all of the other countries should impose no retaliatory tariffs because it only hurts their population. just let the US tariff them. the imports to the US will drop, the Us will be hurt and the other countries will fare better than the US. posted by a citizen of the USA.

The tariffs have zero economical justification. It is just Trump using his illegal power to dictate his will on different countries. He shouldn’t have the authority to impose tariffs since there is no emergency but Congress caves. Trade deficit and pressure to help criminals are stupid criterias

And things Brazil buys from the US can more or less all be sourced from China. Once that happens it will be a long time before the US can recover lost Brazilian market share. Add to that, many of the agricultural products that China imports from the US can be provided by Brazil. Win-win, for them.

I think the Republicans are done pretending that tariff policy makes any sense, other than as a stick for the Temu Godfather to make "deals" with, while destroying the credibility of the US in the process.

THIS CRAZY MONSTER NEEDS TO BE STOPPED!!!! WHAT THE HELL? The courts? Senators? The military? Why is no one doing anything? Put me in charge. I’m not afraid of this old orange MFer

The felon quit last night, and the racist left in a huff after he threw his phone at the CM. So, now two spots on Council, and they are already asking me. Hell, no. It put me in the hospital last time. Almost died. I’m better as an angry citizen staying involved right here 😎

Trump’s authority for implementing tariff is limited to national security and trade imbalances. It does not include grievances over judicial actions for treason by his idols. That authority would lie with Congress, which is silent on the J6 insurrection incited, and pardoned, by Trump.

And Brazil has announced they will retaliate, as they should - because this is the US interfering in Brazil's affairs illegally, and US businesses and farmers are going to end up big losers.

America has rolled over and died after disembowelling itself with a sharp orange prick. There's no doubt now that China is the next technological and scientific superpower, and Brazil and the rest of the world will pivot accordingly towards Beijing.

Quite right. If there was robust judicial sanction against attempted coups in other countries, for example in The United States of America, then just consider what might happen, or which might have already happened.

Trump staged a January 6, 2021 coup d'état. He was the Coup leader, Coup-maker & Coup plotter. Since the Coup was led by a leader already in power, it’s referred to as a Self-coup or Auto Coup If a Coup succeeds and the leader consolidates power, they usually form a Dictatorship.

I can stretch my imagination to try to understand the selfishness that is driving Trump's autocracy, but I have never understood this apparent bond between dictators, criminals, and generally shitty people.

So this is what "America First" means? Interfering with internal justice decisions in other nations? What a joke... Trump has no strategy, no guiding principles, no plan: he just wants his throw his weight around. He is a schoolyard bully, nothing more.

A thin, transparent excuse to pretend to stand up to Putin by punishing Brazil for belonging to BRICS. As usual, TACO will crumble. Trump is a cowardly, weakling, poser and has lost all credibility and respect and good will much of any and everywhere in the world.

Florida orange production has fallen by 92% since the 2003-2004 harvest. The trees are being attacked by 'citrus greening'. It's spread by a bug, Asian citrus psyllid, which introduces a bacterial disease. No cure yet, so no need for farm workers!

No US president has ever blackmailed a country to effect its governance before. Trump the King of Corruption #Un-President these people are so high in their supply but what goes up always comes down

This - this! Is why no country should trade or open its borders to Trumps America. This shows you he is running the country like a kingdom and hes insane! He does not own America despite what he thinks!

Trump’s tariffs letters are equivalent to spam emails. They have many misspellings, grammatical errors and incoherent sentences with urgent warnings. You can tell the sender is suspect. Throw them in the trash bin and report to tech support. Then reboot your devices. Trump is Spam President.

I think Putin hurt Donny's ego by throwing "bullshit" at him. Donny, did Vlad tell you to STFU because RUSSIA HELPED YOU to become president in 2016? Was that the temper tantrum that spurred the DOJ investigation into Comey & Brennan???

In the case of Bolsonaro, Trump now seems to ignore even fady economic arguments and justifies his tariff decision politically. The trial is a "witch hunt that must end immediately", he criticized. He had already accused the Brazilian judiciary in recent days of an "attack on a political opponent"

spiegel.deDonald Trump verhängt 50 Prozent Zölle gegen Brasilien wegen Verfahren gegen BolsonaroBisher schob Donald Trump bei seinen Strafzöllen wirtschaftliche Gründe vor – auch wenn diese nicht immer schlüssig klingen. Im Fall Brasiliens ist das anders: Hier sind die 50 Prozent Zoll offen poli...

What about the Brazilian meat company who's doing more in the US after they donated to his campaign. And tainted meat to boot I heard just recently..... He can attack them now because he already got his money out of them.

He’s trying to threaten Brazil - actually more like extortion. The implication being, “drop the charges & I’ll drop the tariffs.” Sounds like a “quid pro quo” to me. Didn’t he get impeached for that???

He keeps proving, as nauseum, that tariffs are not based in any economic policy or broader plan... Just a cudgel to be used if people don't do what you want them to... Like a spoiled toddler....

Bolsonaro is a fugitive fleeing justice - that whole family is straight up gangsters 🕵️‍♀️👁️👁️ there's all kinds of evidence - I bet trump has him hid somewhere in Florida, that's the last I knew, he was in Florida and a wanted fugitive from Brazilian law..

Oh by the way US has surplus trade with Brazil So much wrong with 👆. US exports more to Brazil than Brazil exports to US. Brazil has worldwide options US could lose business. Most likely Brazil tariff is outside of the law. Brazil leaders/people can see the racism in US from their front porches.

This is fucking insane. He is already abusing his tariff powers under the guise of national security. How does this fit into that? I guess Trump can just do what he wants when it wants it. Why have fucking laws in the first place then?