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Created: 2025-07-20 19:10:48 UTC

Trump's tariff tantrum reveals the ultimate political miscalculation: weaponizing trade to prop up Bolsonaro only exposed America's economic illiteracy. The admin claims Brazil "cheats" us—yet the U.S. ran a $7.4B trade SURPLUS there last year. When your "punishment" is actually profitable, you're not enforcing fairness—you're staging a shakedown.

The July 9th tariff threat—explicitly tied to interfering in Bolsonaro’s corruption trial—backfired spectacularly: Lula’s approval rose XXX% as federal police raided Bolsonaro’s home days later. Trump’s letter demanding trial cancellation wasn’t diplomacy—it was a mob boss’s note. Brazil’s president rightly called it “blackmail,” while U.S. trade surpluses keep growing (31.9% YoY). This isn’t policy—it’s a protection racket masking dollar dominance reality.

We teach kids to resist bullies, then let our admin become one. The real poison? Trading credibility for strongman theatrics.


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