XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics
Bradley K. Sherman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says:
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| In light of the public statement made by U.S. President
| Donald Trump on social media on the afternoon of Wednesday
| (9), it is important to highlight the following:
|
| Brazil is a sovereign nation with independent institutions
| and will not accept any form of tutelage.
| ...
<https://xcancel.com/LulaOficial/status/1943094466903957505>
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https://static.poder360.com.br/2025/07/carta-trump-brasil.pdf>
The letter is absolutely demented.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. With best wishes, I am,
Sincerly, DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
:-D
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trumps-dictator-protection-program.
I usually don’t do evening posts. One a day at breakfast is, I
think, enough or more than enough. But Trump’s latest letter,
imposing a 50 percent tariff on Brazil, marks a new departure,
and I think merits a special bulletin. After all, it’s both
evil and megalomaniacal.
Notice that Trump barely even pretends that there’s an
economic justification for this action. This is all about
punishing Brazil for putting Jair Bolsonaro on trial.
Bolsonaro, as most readers probably know, is Brazil’s previous
president, who lost the last election — but tried to stay in
power through a coup overturning that election. Of course that
sounds familiar.
. . .
So as I said, evil and megalomaniacal. If we still had a
functioning democracy, this Brazil gambit would by itself be
grounds for impeachment. Of course, it would have to wait in
line behind all the other grounds.
Anyway, don’t shrug this off. We’re looking at yet another
terrible step along our nation’s downward spiral.
Heh heh, no, he's extorting countries via tariffs:
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He's just a politician trying to save both his faces...
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