Brazil braced Friday for possible new U.S. sanctions linked to former President Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction on coup charges, after the administration of President Donald Trump warned it would respond “accordingly.”

Brazil’s Foreign Ministry called Rubio’s comments an inappropriate threat that would not intimidate the government, adding that the country’s judiciary is independent and that Bolsonaro was granted due process.

“Threats like the one made today by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a statement that attacks Brazilian authority and ignores the facts and compelling evidence in the case files, will not intimidate our democracy,” Brazil’s foreign office said on X.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    Following the Jan 6 Insurrection, as well as their confirmed collaboration with Russia, Biden would have been well within his legal rights and responsibilities to declare Trump and his henchmen to be National Security Threats, and arrested within minutes of his Inauguration.

    And while they were being extensively interrogated at Guantanamo Bay regarding their nefarious dealings, the MAGA Nazis would have lost their minds, and tried to get violent, giving Biden the excuse to ruthlessly crush them.

    And then the Stolen Documents scheme would have come to light, and we would finally understand how deep their treason went, giving the Biden administration the authority to finally end MAGA once and for all, declare it a treasonous terrorist hate group, and prohibit it’s existence. In addition, the Conservative Propaganda Machine would be dismantled, starting with the prohibition of Fox News.

    But they did none of that, and instead of having a legacy as a strong president who saved America from MAGA, Biden will forever be the weak president who surrendered America to MAGA. The deaths that will occur in taking America back from MAGA, are all on Biden.

    What a fool he, and his entire administration, was.

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      They wanted to play placating politics and lost it all. Don’t wanna alienate those MAGA voters!