Brazil

2025 July

2025-07-30 Trump imposed an additional 40% tariff on Brazilian imports after the arrest of Jair Bolsonaro.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/addressing-threats-to-the-us/

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-tariffs-put-bolsonaro-brazilian-right-bind-2025-07-15/

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/07/30/trump-punishes-brazil-with-tariffs-sanctions-over-trial-of-ally-bolsonaro_6743920_4.html

https://br.usembassy.gov/president-donald-j-trump-addresses-threats-to-the-united-states-from-the-government-of-brazil/

2025 September

2025-09-11 Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years for a coup after his party formally claimed, without evidence, that government employees altered 2022 election ballots. Trump defended him, calling him a “good man”.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/world/americas/election-bolsonaro-brazil-fraud.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xrqxk9p4xo