Trump Writes Open Letter to Bolsonaro, Says He’s Watching Brazil Trial ‘Closely’

President Donald Trump amped up the pressure on the Brazilian government on Wednesday and urged it to drop charges against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, saying that he will be watching the case “closely.”
In a letter directed to Bolsonaro posted on Truth Social on Thursday, Trump said that Bolsonaro has faced “terrible treatment” at the “hands of an unjust system turned against you.”
“I share your commitment to listening to the voice of the people and I am very concerned about the attacks on free speech – both in Brazil and in the United States – coming out of the current government. I have strongly voiced my disapproval both publicly and through our Tariff policy,” he wrote, adding that the trial “should end immediately.”… 

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