We are in new territory with Trump’s latest trade letter, threatening a 50% tariff on imports from Brazil starting Aug. 1 —The US runs a rare trade surplus with Brazil, so there’s no deficit to fix —Trump says these duties are explicitly over political concerns, not economic ones
So now he wants to affect our judicial system by doing this? Fuck Trump, fuck Bolsonaro. Both should be in jail, the difference is that we are holding bolsonaro accountable, hopefully the US does the same.
If he gets harsh punishment. If his sentence seems at all lenient to people then it will be correct to say Brazil capitulated. Just quietly.
Mate, the government has no power on the judiciary. There is no correlation between one another, so blackmail the economy/politically will not change an court case 🤪
it also reads like a middle schooler wrote it.
When all you have is a hammer, everything is a nail.
📌
At least the Brazilian government had the balls to prosecute Bolsonaro for an attempted coup after he lost the last election. Pity the same didn’t happen in the US
So the legal ground for this is...?
He’s abusing the power of his office to protect his personal friend.
SHOCKED I tells you... SHOCKED...
Are all Trump's tariff letters this illiterate? His habit of capitalizing Very Important Words on full unfettered display. And what to make of his bizarre tag line "You will never be disappointed with the United States of America"? Is his staff punking him by letting these letters go out like this?
So it worked again, not talking about Epstein, back to fake market manipulationTrump changing the narrative and people following along
Your mistake is thinking I ever cared about that Youtuber podcaster bait.
Only on this thread. There’s plenty of discussion on the Epstein thing on other threads. We can cover multiple issues simultaneously.
Trump puts down a marker...
This letter may just as well have been written by the WaPo editorial board. They were chastising Alexandre de Moraes last year for holding Musk to account…and within a week there were assassination attempts against him and Lula. The Post never wrote editorials about those.
Made to order for China.
Airlines will really love it this, as pretty much all regional jets are made in either Brazil or Canada. This will only drive Brazil into the loving arms of China. Brazil is already replacing the US as a source of meat and farm products for China. The US loses all around.
Hello, Congress? Are you there?
These people are lunatics! No new info there, just confirming it over and over
This is extortion, not trade policy.
Extortion right out in the open. Smh. "I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse..." Don Trumpeleone
yes, Trumps MO writ large, global even. He's never going to give up this power to use the US economy and military to extort what he wants.
Your piggident in action.Fucking bastard.
On the up side, we folks in Canada are going to be enjoying that orange juice that we won’t need to buy from Florida🍊.
That's the spirit 👍
Remember when business leaders did not want to support Harris or Biden due to the uncertainty of regulation? At least now the uncertainty factor changes daily must be big improvement
You can tell Trump wrote this because of the gratuitous capitalization
Trade deficit was also not a good reason for tariffs. He’s just trying to extort whoever he can while he can.
That ought be probative in the IEEEPA appellate proceeding later this month. Dumbasses.
Is anybody else bothered by the 84 times he capitalizes words incorrectly in this letter?
Congress has abdicated to Trump its authority on trade on the pretext that we have emergency trade deficits. But we have a trade surplus with Brazil. Trump should have none of this authority.
It’s all just a pathetic power flex. Congress, please take the keys away from grandpa.
It's like it's not really about trade deficits, just the mob boss flexing his muscles.
Instead of taking away the keys, they'll let him drive us off a cliff.
Trump is appealing the court ruling that trump’s tariffs are illegal. He just fkd himself over. He was using this.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergen...
I guess we are operating under the assumption that the Judiciary are still independent from the Executive in the US? We are not Brazil, you know…
🤞certainly the Supreme Court is no longer independent.
Even here in Brazil, President Lula doesn't has power to attend Mr. Orange requirements because as you would expect our Supreme Court, which is the ones judging Bolsonaro, is an independent house.
Imagine what every world leader is thinking right now. Are they worried? Or do they think it’s just bluster?
The attendants have allowed the inmate to author the actual letters. Did they not have a choice? Or is this by design…and to what end? 🧐
So he's just going to wreck another trade relationship because his buddy is being held accountable? Why are we being governed by a giant toddler?
The GOP loves a madman.
The work of a psychopath and his enablers. Fuck all of them.
Panic throughout the FLOTUS world over the fear that the tariffs included Brazilian waxes
If any country of the world would impose tariffs because Trump got elected and made the USA hateful rasist lawless greedy regime, there would be so much scream about influencing domestic US politics.
But we are now that. All of us are seen that way by the rest of the world. My German in-laws look at me as if I am totally stupid and in educated. Ok. Granted that’s not personal jus German…but it’s amplified now
I wrote “regime” specifically to not talk about all citizens but rather the government policy and major politics agenda. I am really sorry for USA now, and all democrats witnessing that from inside.
Of course they are. WE ARE UNDER DICTATORSHIP. Govt has been overthrown.
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But we have a trade surplus with Brazil, which means reciprocal tariffs hurt us more than them...
Trump is a moron who breaks everything he touches...
At least we used to try B and hide out engineered coups.
he can't even keep his reasons for tariffs straight
He’s weakening America.
Putin's puppet is doing a wonderful job of destroying our country from the inside out.
He has no such Susan’s anyone effected by this illegal action should sue Roberts and Trump in a Blue State Court
Goddamnit! English is not even my native language and still the way Trump writes in it annoys me to no end! I'm starting to believe he writes as if in German on purpose and I even have an idea why! BTW, no one respected Bolsonaro. Trump only put up with him because he was his lil bitch!
Writing his official stuff should be a task for his staff. If that's the case, there should be no weirdness, unless he specifically orders it so. Either that or he types it himself.
I totally agree. So childishly written with random capitalisation that doesn't make sense. And I love that, after threatening all these tariffs, he ends with "You will never be disappointed with the United States!"
I think his staff writes it like him so that he can understand it.
🎯 Or the people around him that he finds loyal are as stupid as he.
@sethabramson.bsky.social
“What the trade deficit does… it’s the sum of all cheating. It’s the sum of all unfair trade practices.” - Peter Navarro
Crime occurs nothing happens burger
Trump is a buccaneer
This one feels like it's inviting its own special court challenge
Fuck Trump. Brazil will show how to treat a president that wanted a coup and attempted one.
What's next? A 75% tariff on Paraguay because their president doesn't apply three layers of self-tanning lotion?
This reads like a ninth grader who asked his friend to forge a note from his mom to get out of algebra class.
Brazil effectively has no choice but to severely prosecute Bolsonaro even harder and ensure whatever sentence is not at all lenient nor can it be viewed as lenient. Even if they didn't want to punish him hard. Any lenient punishment will now be viewed globally and domestically as capitulation
"Political concerns" being that they have not bought enough Trump crypto or given him any planes.
Interested to know if anyone familiar with shipping products into Brazil, because it’s can be a nightmare, especially for product not for resale. Like Trump, they want to make everything in-house. Brazil’s taxes and duties are close to 60%.
Coffee and sugar goes up again in price to USians. (Better grow your own.) Brazil will sell elsewhere. Once again USians get hurt. For what?
Are you guys ready to pay EVEN MORE for coffee?! 😂
That's coercion.
@rokhanna.bsky.social When is congress going to pull back this authority?
Trump has threatened Australia with 200% tariff on pharmaceuticals. This is due to Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which ensures medications are affordable to all. Except for one month in 2025, Australia has traditionally had a trade deficit with US.
Ditto Australia with regards to trade surplus with US plus they are going to get screwed by Trump on AUKUS.
It because he wants them to let bolsanaro off, just amazing thuggery with other countries
Because what could be wrong with trying to overthrow a gov🙄
Along with protecting their corruption, the priority is protecting fascist partners. bsky.app/profile/mega...
Political concerns that are none of our business.
He's obstructing justice again.
All the world leaders should clearly and loudly say: FUCK YOU TRUMP
They do, maybe not loudly.
Then they’re worthless.
Impeachable! It's exactly what he did to Ukraine.
He got away with that but Susan Collins said we should let him off, he won't do it again.🙄
I know, right? He learned his lesson.
Welp, we're fucked. Brazil is the "B" in BRICS.
He’s all for another plotter, Bolsonaro. I don’t think this will go far with Lula.
Another day, another reason a sane country would impeach.
Trump - "Math is hard. I like signing orders!" bsky.app/profile/mega...
I hope no one reading this in Brazil uses it as a model for the rules of capitalization in English.
Unfortunately people all over the world don't seem to know the rules for capitalization in whatever language.
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.
So which emergency powers are justification for this?
Another example of what if Obama/Biden did this…
He must have copy of the pee tape too
Of course. Pick a reason: eanie meanie mony moe
I know it's nit-picky in the extreme, but I guess now we're just putting Trump's Truth Social posts on White House letterhead and calling them "letters"? What an embarrassment ...
Wow. Political concerns or just extortion?
“Hello China? It’s Brazil calling.”
BRICS gathering in Rio happened last weekend. You can bet that lots of commercial trade deals were closed or expanded during it. China is Brazil's biggest client by far. Europe is the second biggest.
Like the CIA acts only directly from the Oval Office. In some long ago time, this would have been an impeachable offense
So the US doesn’t need the petroleum because they can just frack the country more and destroy the ground water, they don’t need soya because they will have their own due to China now buying their soya from Brazil and poor Americans will be drinking acorn coffee in their diners and loving it.😊
This is beyond outrageous.
More of his revenge tour, angry that fellow fascist Bolsonaro is no longer with him.
@alt-text.bsky.social
In other words, a purely transactional 'deal' of apples for oranges. Tariffs for regime change, tariffs for unsubstantiated grievances, tariffs for trade surpluses (because how 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 you buy more from us than we do from you). Sounds ridiculous when put that way, eh?
So very sic🤢🤢🤢
Amorality is certainly that!
He nows admits openly what was already obvious: none of these tariffs were economically motivated. It's just blackmailing for the profit not of the country, but of the chief and his friends. You want less tariff? Authorize my hotel complex in Vietnam, stop investigating my bro in Brazil.
Im expecting my Tariff letter any day now.
#ETTD
The world needs to tell trump to go fuck himself! They have all the power
Megalomania
New territory indeed. How long until drop bunker busters on Brazil to "influence" their justice system? Trump is not thinking clearly. 🤡
Not really. Did anyone think the current tariffs are there to fix a deficit 🤔
So we can now refer to the American government as a regime, right? #shitholecountry
We will for the foreseeable future be in new territory. That is a given especially since the congress and SCOTUS have capitulated to the orange asshole!
Dementia J Trump at your service. Get him to a psych ward stat.
Brazil should build manufacturing plants in the US.
why not start mining bauxite in Florida, extracting iron ore in New Jersey, drilling for offshore oil in Kansas, planting some coffee in Minnesota. These are things US imports because it physically can’t produce them.
Of course Trump is trying to look after Bolsinaro, who copied his attempt to hold onto power but unlike the USA, Brazil acts on coup attempts. But it's a witch hunt to take action.🙄 Most other world leaders respect neither of them.
“Challenging another norm” JFC
I feel like your bland reporting on it normalizes it. How about headlines pointing out how clearly illegal and blatantly corrupt it is?? He’s threatening a country to get his authoritarian buddy out of jail. Please try to meet the moment.
Ultimately it's about total resource extraction (theft).
Fuck republicans, seriously.
The Constitution does not grant the president this authority. His pretend emergency does not apply in this case.
"Reinstall Bolsonaro or else!" is what this means.
The usage of ALL CAPS and exclamation marks just goes to show you how far removed from reality this absolute idiot is. This is like a fourth grade homework assignment, not official US policy
Or maybe it’s the dramatic 80% reduction in American soybean exports because China went to Brazil to source soybean rather than pay Trump’s tariffs. American farmer’s silos are now full of soybean they can’t sell. And guess what? That market is not returning.
Well, you people should prepare to pay a lot more for coffee... And eggs 🤷🏻♀️
Enjoy paying more America! Because I don’t think Brazil cares what Donny has to say.
Impeachable if we lived in a sane world of rational actors.
He believes he is the World's most power and brightest mob boss. So far, Congress and SCOTUS support that position. He's shaking down law offices, media corps, universities, foreign governments, you name it. Everything is for sale, all a con. He's running a partisan political protection racket.
100% accurate. He’s a thug.
Really good idea to demonstrate that these have nothing to do with NatSec, just his personal grievances. Especially when the legality is still be considered by the courts.
Oh! This is his BRICS or BRICKS thing, I'm not sure if he means the org or the econ grouping, but we could check the rates other BRICKS received. I don't know where US-China tariffs are now and whether they are one of the "deals" reached.
Can we please be free of this twirp for just one day?
And this almost frames a “trade deficit” as a reasonable argument for tariffs
And he’s got a directive in there for an investigation. What a bunch of filler crap. They aren’t going to know what Section 301 is. You don’t have to put everything in one long letter that has bad form and punctuation.
Trump probably had Elon Musk‘s shitty AI do the research behind this letter and write the letter for him. He doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about.
Don’t we usually use the CIA for shit like that?
This also assumed a trade deficit is a valid reason in itself to impose tariffs.
This sure smells like it’s an impeachable offense. But it won’t be up for debate because the GOP are all cowards.
👍🤢🤢🤢🤢🥴
This is exactly what happens when the Left allows the Right to dominate the national elections. Too many on the Left hate the system as a whole, and as such, they refuse to participate. They don’t vote, they don’t support worthy candidates, they don’t run for local positions, they just whine a lot.
They wouldn't vote for Kamala because of Gaza, as though trump would do better.
We told folks Trump wouldn’t stop Bibi from doing what he wants in Gaza…yet here we are.
I’ve always said, you must first have to secure a seat at the table before you can do anything else. Yet too many just sit out.
So… no legal justification?
“New territory”? Did anyone ever believe the lie about tariffs being a way to fix US’ trade imbalances? The tariffs were just another cudgel to bully other countries and disrupt the global trading system.
Unwell, unfit and unhinged
Unknowing, unintelligent, unbearable, uneducated,
Can someone PLEASE get this orange buffoon some kind of grammar-, punctuation-, and orthography-checking software. He's an embarrassment to all users of the English language.
Imagine if Biden or Obama proposed something like this.
So much for new tariffs rectifying trade imbalances with the US - 91st 'deal'? So Fanta Felon Lied? Trys to steal Brazil's sovereignty & overthrow their domestic political institutions? Hates Democracy anywhere? Has NO clue what tariffs are for? Hes an A$$hole? Ok those things are true! 86 34F 47
Say hello to $7 cup of coffee.
It makes absolutely no sense.
What's next? Reinstate Bolsinaro?
He's fucking crazy.
The Republican congress needs to grow a spine and stop this tariff madness, they won't of course. It's just a matter of being a bully and acting like a king, meanwhile the world sees a clown.
We carry a trade surplus..yet he said they need to fix the trade deficit. He's a vindictive, petulant child throwing a temper tantrum and holding his breath to try to get what he wants. I honestly don't understand why other countries are putting up with it when there are others stepping up.
Other countries are just getting on with buying and selling elsewhere. But it does destabilise the world economy. Worse than covid because no one know s what he's going to think of next.
UK and Canada and Mexico have capitulated to Trump numerous times, even this month which isn't even 2 weeks in.
Trump is very good at using the right words for his base.
I mean, what can they do? It's not like they are the ones paying the import taxes.
Absolutely - and so many people don't realize that. "We've brought in 80 billion in tariffs"...and I'm screaming, "That means they've stolen 80 billion in taxes from Americans!" But it's still an economic attack - and I, honestly, wouldn't want to deal with us. I'd look elsewhere...
Esse senhor é completamente ablublé das ideias.
That's true but then he contradict himself when he says the 50% number is too low to re-establish the balance he wants. So he's giving them a break to punish them for Bolsonaro's trial. 😂
I think that from the 3rd paragraph on, the letter just uses the same language as all the other tariff letters they’ve sent
We actually have a trade surplus with Brazil. They buy more from the united states that the US buys from there. We also have a services surplus. He's going to wreck the trade relationships with one of the few large countries that buy more from us.
Yeah I realize that. His idea of "balance" is everything for me and nothing for thee. He's not quite all there either so...
Buy Brazilian! I am willing to become a rum runner if anyone needs anything
Remember, Trump is trying to spring Bolsonaro out of his legal troubles. So now he's outright bribing the government
Yes, we’ve entered the I’m going to use tariffs because “that guy is my friend” era. It diminishes absolutely everything about our country
Europe, take note (BTW, starting to count UK again as part of Europe, hope it lasts this time)
surpluses aren’t rare if you count services too, but T is an ignoramus who’s stuck in 1970s so only manufactured goods and commodities count.
yey more American imperialism don't get all surprised when someone somewhere reacts to it again
Trump has no clothes.
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"
Too bad the Constitution doesn’t mean shit anymore! We live in an up and coming police state for gods sake.
💩 🌮 use of tariffs is like a toddler that discovered his 🍆 and can’t stop playing with it
He has no legal right to impose any of these tariffs
Gotta love that he uses the exact same letter as he's sent to other countries, but has added a paragraph at the top about this being all about the "Witch Hunt", which turns the rest of the letter even more meaningless.
what’s incredible is that this backfired immensely on the brazilian right. these tariffs were likely plotted by Bolsonaro’s son and part of the brazilian far-right to undermine Lula’s government and save Bolsonaro from jail (currently being tried). even conservative media is blaming it on them.
I mean, yeah. The Supreme Court has emboldened him.
This is from 2022 www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/co... This will not stand. 🍊🧀🐡 will cripple major industries.
The Felon strikes again! Such a fucking moron.🤪
Let’s reduce the profit we make with Brazil trade, because our president wants to corrupt Brazilian institutions
We are witnessing American decline
And yet Americans will pay
Only empty shelves until he‘s gone but it is hard to rebalance a pricetag once it’s been raised.
Trump thinks he's king of the entire world.
And thus completely illegal, though of course that’s irrelevant now.
In which case what is the legal rationale for this particular set of tariffs? There isn’t one. They should only be imposed with Congress approval.
On the “plus” side they’re going to tell him to fuck off.
Except those old Nazi families that migrated there in the 1940‘s.
I'm old enough to remember when this sort of thing would get a president removed from office. But, Congress remains supine. The USA is no place to do business any more.
I'm old enough to remember when divorced presidential candidates did not exist. When adultery excluded you from becoming a candidate. When talking about women's "bit phony tits" and "grab 'em by the pussy" meant you did not possess the character to become a political candidate. MAGA has no morals.
Actually you can't be that old, because it has never happened. There was that one guy who resigned under severe pressure, but that is as close as that "removal" has come. And yes, I am old enough to remember Nixon resigning and Clinton being impeached.
Yes. Countries should wean themselves from dependency on the US. It's just chaos and uncertainty, which is bad for business.
The GOP. The problem is they have complete control. Dems suck but if they had any seats Donald would already be in jail.
If only someone could have found little Merrick's balls.
Or Meuller's. Dude wrote a 5,000 page indictment and let Burr drive a 2 page televised fabrication of its summary to the public through its heart. It's the frustrating thing that these people expect these villains in power to play by the rules.
James Comey started it. That ass biter trying to be....what? Cool? Nice? A- political? Dem's have been standing on their own genitalia ever since.
Totally. One could reasonably argue that the last minute investigation into "her emails" (remember, literally just days before the election) changed everything.
no doubt
are you high? Who controlled the government for the past 4 years?
Dude. It has not been that long since they controlled all three branches of government and did nothing with it
Is the Supreme Court of the United States of America one of the three branches? If that is indeed one of the three branches, the last time the Supreme Court was liberal-leaning was the first Richard Nixon term. The last "liberal" Chief Justice was Earl Warren, appointed in 1953 (by Eisenhower).
When, precisely, was that? SCOTUS has been conservative since 1972. The last sort of Demicratic supermajority in the Senate was 2009-11 when it was exactly 60 and Liberman torpedoed Single Payer.
With Sinema and Manchin part of that majority, it was pretty much only controlling two branches.
So you're saying some Democrats sucked Well I agree
Or weren't really Democrats. Either way, big roadblocks at times.
The dems haven't controlled the Supreme Court in decades. 1969 was the last year. So more than 50 years ago, is not a long time to you?
Dude, sadly, the filibuster requires not just a 1 - 3 vote majority in the Senate to do anything, but a minimum 60 votes, and it requires a 2/3 majority to impeach. But please keep lecturing us on how the US government works.
The filibuster isnt real. Anytime it interferes with the GOP they change it so that it doesn't apply to cabinet appointments, supreme court appointments, budget reconciliation, judicial appointments, treaties, bills filed on second Thursdays in May by Senators from states.
Thank you, yes, we the voters, are watching.
You can just say no. The filibuster is made up.
Ok, I apologize. Let me correct myself. It hasn't been that long since they controlled all three branches of government and did nothing with it except make convenient excuses like "but the filibuster."
If you think they did nothing, explain what's happened since the election.
It’s not the filibuster. Constitution requires 2/3 majority in senate for conviction
They implemented a ton of infrastructure spending. Then the GOP clawed it back when they got control.
Dems haven’t had a majority in SCOTUS since before the new millenium. That branch of govt had a pretty big role in holding Trump accountable, I think.
I'm glad we're no longer pretending that John Roberts is anything but a sicko but at the time he was thought to be a reasonable statesman willing to compromise but ultimately on side
(SCOTUS is one of the branches of government and hasn't had a liberal majority on the bench since 1968)
Also true.
Plus some things CANNOT be done by reconciliation like the republicans just did with H.R. 1 Not letting the Dems off the hook but “did nothing” is VERY inaccurate
I know they supplied and funded a genocide, went out of their way to alienate progressives, and spent 4 yours to pass one watered down infrastructure bill that had no safeguards to stop it being immediately reversed. That's quite a lot
Yes they should have moved quickly! And they followed the rules when they were in power-they didn’t have SCOTUS helping them defy the constitution.
Dude, I have nothing to add. I just like the way missives start with 'dude.'
It's a lie. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/117th_U...
That's a lie. Read this before you respond. Read the whole fucking thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/117th_U...
Back then, if a US President did something like that, it would be because the other country were COMMIES who overthrew US-imposed dictators or nationalized US corporate property/businesses, and it'd be fine. Like Iran, or Nicaragua, or Cuba, or Random Third World Country.
I'm old enough to remember when the CIA would just coup any vaguely left-wing governments, rather than use strongly worded letters.
The GOP congresspeople you mean.. credit where credit is due.
no President has ever been removed from office, so you must be very old indeed
No one has ever tried to do this before! If this had happened 20-30 years ago there definitely would have been congressional action, even from the Republicans.
23 years ago we invaded and occupied Iraq based on nonsense. Congress did nothing.
It's always worth noting when reprinting these... things... that even a legitimate president has no statutory (i.e., legal) authority to do any of the actions described in the thing.
Because Brazil is handling its corrupt former exec, we have to pay 50% more for things we need to continue building out housing?!?
I really think he thinks Brazil pays the tariff on American goods 😭
He must do! It's the only thing that makes any sense.
This. He’s an idiot.
Is there something lower than “idiot”?? I believe that idiot is a step above what he is. I’m thinking more along the lines of Satan? 👿
He’s an autocrat, plain and simple.
Dude has only a few hammers and a huge number of problems he sees as nails.
A 50% tariff—just to shield Bolsonaro from trial. This isn’t trade policy. It’s a warning. And it should shake every one of us. 👉 shorturl.at/ULejX #Defiance #Trump2025 #Brazil #BrittleViews
Threatening tariffs to protect a personal acquaintance from criminal prosecution abroad would almost certainly be considered a high crime and misdemeanor and grounds for impeachment by Congress.
The US does not have a congress
Assuming you had a Congress who hadn't completely abdicated their responsibilities.
Congress is currently failing to fulfill its constitutional role as a coequal branch of government, due to a segment of the Republican Party prioritizing their blind allegiance to Trump over their legislative responsibilities.
A "segment"??? Pretty much the entire wheel of cheese my friend!
He uses Bolsonaro just as an excuse. We have far-right scoundrels in the US plotting against Brazil, like Eduardo Bolsonaro and Figueiredo. But the truth is, Trump didn't like the BRICS meeting. In a few days Trump will "change his mind after a phone call," as he always does.
E. Pluribus Corruption
What exactly is Brazil’s national security or economic risk to the United States that evenly remotely justifies this?
Because his fascist friend is gone
Where are the monkeys with typewriters when you need them? They would have done a much better job.
“You will never be disappointed with the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter! With best wishes, I am, Sincerely, DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” This is beyond parody.
Truly. When the histories of his two terms in office are written, people will not know if they are reading a fact or fiction.
The sense of entitlement this lunatic 79 years old piece of trash has is astonishing
Brazil must have a copy of the Epstein list, right? 😅
Which is mother fucking illegal.
The "Goodfellas" approach to international trade. The Trump regime is seemingly determined to isolate the USA economically and geopolitically: and willingly give up US global soft power and influence to rivals and competitors #Brazil #Tariffs bsky.app/profile/mega...
What happened with the lawsuit that was saying that these tariffs are against the law ruled by a court somewhere?
He. Has. No. Fucking. Clue. What. He’s. Doing.
RIP to daily coffee drinkers.
Americano definitivamente NÃO sabe votar. Olha a merda de presidente deles!
The label on Dr. Bronner’s Castile soap makes more sense than this
Lol. But that’s potty reading. 👍😅😂🥴🥹🤢🤢🤢
The first felon POTUS, who has been undermining democracy, imposes 50% tariffs on a trading partner with whom the U.S. doesn't have a trade deficit--because he wants them to halt the judicial process against Jair Bolsonaro, who is set to stand trial for attempting to overthrow democracy in Brazil.
Yeah but no one tends to react or take a swing at Trump because they designed their entire national security, economic security, and basic existence to the idea of an eternally benevolent US. They have basically become slaves.
Of course he is, he copied what trump did but unlike the USA, Brazil take action against attempts to overthrow democracy. He doesn't want anyone in the USA getting ideas.
And yet…
Let’s ruin our surplus
Where are we at with the damn lawsuits over this? What legal authority does Trump have to do this? I know the "lol Roberts will say, 'Go ahead King'" response, but we haven't gotten to the Supremes yet. Do someone have to file a class action? What is needed?
Trump is openly admitting that he is extorting Brazil right now. "Do me a favor, or I will hurt you financially."
I wish people would stop saying it’s “a tariff on X country”. It’s a tax on Americans/american companies who purchase goods/services from X country.
Brasil has a constitution, thats why he is under trial. You should write one too
I am a Minnesotan and I live in Brad Finstad’s district. I must apologize to Canadian’s in general and to Canadian’s whose lives face disruption and whose lives are threatened. I am appalled that this imbecile would write something like this. We are working to replace him but it will take time.
"political concerns" really? this is an illegal shakedown of a foreign country--to try to help another insurrectionist. There's no legal authority to impose these tariffs--no emergency with Brazil. If biden did this, he would be impeached the next day. and rightly so.
Welcome do Trump's tyranny era. The America plutocracia
oh god this letter is cringe af
Tinpot dictator bullshit right here. It’s not all on Trump, every republican in congress and elsewhere in government supports this. He’s just a symptom of the outright rot that has set in.
Yeah, Canada already has a "fentanyl tariff" for the 0.5% of the supply of that drug into the US. Soooo...this isn't new. Trump is just being the Demented Dictator that he's always wanted to be.
Trump will use tariffs to TRY and control other countries' politics.
Next he will want to invade Brazil.
Which is why the other world trading nations need to walk away from all negotiations.
What? He wants Brazilian government to tell Brazilian manufacturers to leave Brazil and move to the United States? 😂
