Brazil, Trump and Jair Bolsonaro
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Axios on MSNTrump defends global allies against "witch hunts"President Trump's criminal trials are behind him, but he's now crying "witch hunt" on behalf of ideological allies overseas. Why it matters: Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Brazil — set to go into effect Aug.
None of the countries targeted in the first batch of letters — the Philippines, Brunei, Moldova, Algeria, Libya, Iraq and Sri Lanka — is a major industrial rival to the United States.
Brazil is set to summon the U.S. embassy's chargé d'affaires after the diplomatic entity backed ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro. This comes as Trump, via social media, labeled Bolsonaro's trial for an alleged coup plot a 'witch hunt.