July 10, 2025 — U.S. President Donald Trump has sent a letter to Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that threatens the country with a 50 percent tariff as of 1 August over claims the country was treating former President Jair Bolsonaro unfairly.
The letter comes after Trump, in a 7 July post on his Truth Social social media site, claimed the trial of Jair Bolsonaro was a “witch hunt.”