Brazil is not a dictatorship country but the country is part of BRICS, so United States will be referring to Brazil getting closer to countries like China, Russia and Iran which are part of BRICS countries. Trump is doing this after the BRICS summit which was just held last week in Brazil. I think United States does not need to be hostile Brazil like this.
There was actually a news by Trump that any country that sides with BRICS will be imposed an additional 10% of the initial tariff and we all know that Brazil has long been a member of BRICS. So my question is does this 10% means that other countries to be imposed the tariff will get maybe 40% slammed on them or this 50% doesn’t includes the BRICS extra penalties,
Personally I think this Trump government is actually pushing too hard for this BRICs not to have stability because they already looks like they are after dedollarization which is the major reason why I think Trump is doing this. The implication is that the country will also faces its own tariff increases of product because every country been hit will most likely respond this way