President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he planned to hit Brazil with a 50% tariff, in part due to the treatment of its former president and his political ally, Jair Bolsonaro.

It's a sign that a president who has openly expressed his love for the word “tariff” is still infatuated with the idea that taxing trade will create prosperity for America. Most economic analyses say the tariffs will worsen inflationary pressures and subtract from economic growth,

U.S. President Donald Trump turned his trade ire against Brazil on Wednesday, threatening Latin America's largest economy with a punitive 50% tariff on exports to the U.S. and ordering an unfair trade practices investigation that could lead to even higher tariffs.

During his lunch with African leaders at the White House on July 9, President Trump complimented the president of Liberia on his English-speaking skills.

President Donald Trump lauded praise on Liberian President Joseph Boakai’s English skills Wednesday, seemingly unaware that English is the country’s official national language and that the U.S. played a major role in the nation’s development.