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Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was placed under house arrest for an alleged attempted coup meant to keep him in office after his 2022 electoral defeat.

President Donald Trump has responded by imposing a 50% tariff on the nation over its handling of Bolsonaro’s case, according to NPR.

Bolsonaro, also known as “Tropical Trump,” was put under restrictions on what he could say publicly after his defeat.

However, the 70-year-old allegedly used his three sons, who hold elected office, to amplify his message to the people, Brazil’s leftist Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said in his decision Monday. ...

The former president allegedly said, “Good afternoon, Copacabana, good afternoon, my Brazil, a hug to everyone, this is for our freedom” through the cell phone of one of his sons during a protest in Rio de Janeiro.

Attorneys for Bolsonaro said that this message could not “be regarded as ignoring precautionary measures or as a criminal act.”

However, the radical activist judge disagreed.