So it's no secret that Donald Trump loves aligning himself with other aspiring dictators around the world.

He loves these guys. It's kind of his favorite people.

And one of his favorite buddies has always been this guy, former Brazilian president Bolsonaro.

You see him? They're right there.

Trump and Bolsonaro share similar bombastic styles.

They both love to attack the media.

And they both seem to respond the same way when they lose legitimate democratic elections.

I mean, when Bolsonaro lost this bid for re-election in Brazil, his far-right supporters

stormed Brazil's Congress trying to overturn the results of that election.

Fortunately, sounds familiar, of course, because Trump's failed coup happened on January 6th,

2021.

Now, Bolsonaro's happened on January 8th, just two years later.

But unlike our country, Brazil actually managed to put their strongman ex-president on trial

for his failed coup attempt.

And Trump has been particularly irked by that, very irked, to see one of his BFFs face consequences for his actions.

So today, Trump signed an order imposing steep new 50% tariffs on the nation of Brazil as retribution for what he calls the witch hunt trial of his

friend Bolsonaro. He loves the term witch hunt. He's demanded that Brazil's justice system

dropped its case against Bolsonaro. And today, the current leader of Brazil, President

Silva, responded to Trump in an interview with the New York Times and he made it quite clear

that he would not be backing down.

Here's a part of what he said.

Maybe Trump doesn't know that here in Brazil the judiciary is independent.

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