United States President Donald Trump said on Friday that the Government of Brazil is “leftist radical”, answering a press question about the assessment that his management is imposing visa restrictions on the delegations of Brazil, Iran, Sudan and Zimbabwe during the UN General Assembly, which will be held this month in New York.
The information was revealed by the Associated Press (AP) agency this Thursday (4), based on an internal memorandum of the State Department.
According to the report, the measures under study could limit the displacements of the delegations cited outside the Assembly area, reinforcing control over diplomats and leaders of these countries participating in the meeting.
“We are very upset with Brazil. We apply very high rates against them, because they are doing something very unfair,” Trump said on Friday during a press conference at the White House, in reference to the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro at the Supreme Court (STF), which the Republican called “witch hunt.”
“I love the people of Brazil. We have a great relationship with the people of Brazil, but the Government of Brazil has changed radically, was a lot to the left, became radically left, and is hurting Brazil a lot. They are going very badly, so we will see,” said the US president about possible visa restrictions.
On August 6, a 50% tariff was in force on the importation of Brazilian products imposed by Washington.
The Trump government mentioned as one of the reasons for the tariff the process against Bolsonaro in the Supreme Court. However, the rate was not applied to about 700 Brazilian products, including orange juice and pulp and civil aircraft.
In late July, the US Treasury Department imposed economic sanctions against STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes based on Magnitsky Law, United States legislation that allows Washington to apply punishments against accused of human rights violations and corruption worldwide.
Prior to that, the State Department had announced the revocation of the visas of Moraes, of “his allies” in the Supreme Court and his family members, who were thus prevented from entering the United States.
