New Delhi, July 10 -- Donald Trump on Wednesday slapped a 50% tariff on imports from Brazil, starting August 1, over a spat this week with the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who called him an unwanted "emperor." The US President also called the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro a "witch hunt" and said it "should not take place."

In the letter written to President Lula, Trump said he knew and worked with Bolsonaro and respected him greatly.

In the letter to President Lula, Trump wrote, "I knew and dealt with former President Jair Bolsonaro, and respected him greatly, as did most other Leaders of Countries. The way that Brazil has treated former President Bolsonaro, a Highly Respected Leader throughout the World duri...