Trump news at a glance: president demands Bolsonaro trial be stopped as he hits Brazil with 50% tariff
The US president said the levy on Brazil would be 'separate from all sectoral tariffs' as he also targeted seven other countries for steep tariffs and criticised the trial of Bolsonaro, whom he has described as a friend and hosted at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
The US supreme court, meanwhile, denied a request by Florida officials to lift a judge's order barring them from carrying out arrests of undocumented US immigrants entering the state while a legal challenge plays out.
And the Trump's administration has issued sanctions against Francesca Albanese, a UN official investigating abuses in Gaza in the latest US effort to punish critics of Israel's war in the territory.
Here are the key US politics stories at a glance:
On Wednesday afternoon, Trump avoided his standard form letter with Brazil, and criticized the trial Jair Bolsonaro is facing over trying to overturn his 2022 election loss. 'This Trial should not be taking place,' Trump wrote in the letter posted on Truth Social on Wednesday. 'It is a witch hunt that should end IMMEDIATELY!'
Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, rejected Trump's demand that legal proceedings against Bolsonaro be dropped and his claim that a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports was necessary to close a trade deficit that does not, in fact, exist.
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The country's supreme court has maintained a judicial block on a Republican-crafted Florida law that makes it a crime for undocumented immigrants in the US to enter the state.
The justices on Wednesday denied a request by state officials to lift an order by Florida-based US district judge Kathleen Williams that barred them from carrying out arrests and prosecutions under the law while a legal challenge plays out in lower courts.
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Robert F Kennedy Jr has promoted a company whose meals contain ultra-processed ingredients – which he has repeatedly railed against – on his 'Make America healthy again' tour.
The US health secretary appeared at an enormous food plant in Oklahoma for a company called Mom's Meals, which makes 1.5m 'medically tailored' meals each week and ships them all over the country.
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The Trump administration announced on Wednesday it was issuing sanctions against Francesca Albanese, an independent official tasked with investigating human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, the latest effort by the US to punish critics of Israel's 21-month war in Gaza.
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The US agriculture secretary has suggested that increased automation and forcing Medicaid recipients to work could replace the migrant farm workers being swept up in Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign, despite years of evidence and policy failures that those kinds of measures are not substitutes for the immigrant labor force underpinning American agriculture.
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The Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut at least 2,145 high-ranking Nasa employees with specialized skills or management responsibilities.
According to documents obtained by Politico, most employees leaving are in senior-level government ranks, depriving the agency of decades of experience as part of a push to slash the size of the federal government through early retirement, buyouts and deferred resignations.
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War-torn South Sudan has said it is holding a group of eight men controversially deported from the US. Only one of them is from South Sudan. The rest comprise two people from Myanmar, two from Cuba and one each from Vietnam, Laos and Mexico.
The Trump administration has sued California over its policies allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls' school sports, alleging their participation violates federal anti-discrimination laws.
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Confusion as Donald Trump joins Chelsea on stage after Club World Cup win
Cole Palmer scored twice and set up another as the Blues stunned favourites Paris St Germain 3-0 in front of Trump in the final in New York. Trump, who was briefly booed by some of the 81,118 crowd at the MetLife Stadium, then presented Chelsea with the trophy alongside Gianni Infantino, president of world governing body FIFA, after the game. The first ever #FIFACWC Champions. 🌟 — FIFA Club World Cup (@FIFACWC) July 13, 2025 After handing the silverware to Chelsea captain Reece James, Trump was then invited to move out of the way by Infantino. However, he remained in position as James lifted the trophy and the team began their celebrations amid fireworks and confetti. 'They told me that he was going to present the trophy and then exit the stage, and I thought that he was going to exit the stage, but he wanted to stay,' said James afterwards. Asked what Trump had said to him, James added: 'To be honest it was quite loud. I couldn't hear too much. He just congratulated me and the team for lifting the trophy and told us to enjoy the moment.' Match-winner Palmer had appeared bemused by the situation. He said afterwards: 'I knew he was going to be here but I didn't know he was going to be on the stand when we lifted the trophy. I was a bit confused, yes.' Chelsea's victory, the culmination of FIFA's newly-expanded 32-team tournament, also earned them a jackpot in excess of £90million. Trump earlier said he had enjoyed the occasion, telling broadcaster DAZN at half-time: 'I am having a really great time. Tremendous sport.' In a longer recorded interview broadcast after the game, the president, who revealed his favourite player of all time was Pele, added when asked about the competition: 'It's a big thing. 'Gianni is a friend of mine, he's done such a great job with the league and with soccer – or as they would call it 'football', but I guess we call it soccer. But I'm sure that change could be made very easily. 'But it's great to watch – and this is a little bit of an upset that we're watching today, isn't it? So far. It's incredible.' When it was suggested he could make an executive order to rename the sport, Trump said with a smile: 'I think we could do that, I think I could do that.' The US leader was also asked if he could see a day when the USA, which will co-host the men's World Cup along with Canada and Mexico next summer, could dominate in football, and he replied: 'I can tell you we're doing very well on the other stage, on the political stage, on the final stage. 'We were doing very badly as a country. We had an incompetent administration and now we have a hot country. It's really hot and I think the soccer is going to be very hot here too.'
The Independent
40 minutes ago
- The Independent
Confusion as Donald Trump joins Chelsea on stage after Club World Cup win
United States President Donald Trump joined Chelsea on stage as they celebrated their Club World Cup success on Sunday. Cole Palmer scored twice and set up another as the Blues stunned favourites Paris St Germain 3-0 in front of Trump in the final in New York. Trump, who was briefly booed by some of the 81,118 crowd at the MetLife Stadium, then presented Chelsea with the trophy alongside Gianni Infantino, president of world governing body FIFA, after the game. After handing the silverware to Chelsea captain Reece James, Trump was then invited to move out of the way by Infantino. However, he remained in position as James lifted the trophy and the team began their celebrations amid fireworks and confetti. 'They told me that he was going to present the trophy and then exit the stage, and I thought that he was going to exit the stage, but he wanted to stay,' said James afterwards. Asked what Trump had said to him, James added: 'To be honest it was quite loud. I couldn't hear too much. He just congratulated me and the team for lifting the trophy and told us to enjoy the moment.' Match-winner Palmer had appeared bemused by the situation. He said afterwards: 'I knew he was going to be here but I didn't know he was going to be on the stand when we lifted the trophy. I was a bit confused, yes.' Chelsea's victory, the culmination of FIFA's newly-expanded 32-team tournament, also earned them a jackpot in excess of £90million. Trump earlier said he had enjoyed the occasion, telling broadcaster DAZN at half-time: 'I am having a really great time. Tremendous sport.' In a longer recorded interview broadcast after the game, the president, who revealed his favourite player of all time was Pele, added when asked about the competition: 'It's a big thing. 'Gianni is a friend of mine, he's done such a great job with the league and with soccer – or as they would call it 'football', but I guess we call it soccer. But I'm sure that change could be made very easily. 'But it's great to watch – and this is a little bit of an upset that we're watching today, isn't it? So far. It's incredible.' When it was suggested he could make an executive order to rename the sport, Trump said with a smile: 'I think we could do that, I think I could do that.' The US leader was also asked if he could see a day when the USA, which will co-host the men's World Cup along with Canada and Mexico next summer, could dominate in football, and he replied: 'I can tell you we're doing very well on the other stage, on the political stage, on the final stage. 'We were doing very badly as a country. We had an incompetent administration and now we have a hot country. It's really hot and I think the soccer is going to be very hot here too.'
Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Daily Mail
Stunned soccer fans all say the same thing as Trump 'hits on' glamorous DAZN reporter in 'embarrassing' Club World Cup interview
President Donald Trump was a constant presence on the television screens of those watching the Club World Cup Final - including in a post-game interview after Chelsea won the tournament. Relatives and those who are close to the President were heavily involved in the preparation and promotion for this expanded tournament. So when the day of the final came at MetLife Stadium, Trump was seated in a luxury box, handed out awards, and was inexplicably right next to Chelsea captain Reece James for the trophy lift. But his DAZN interview with reporter Emily Austin at the conclusion of the game drew ire from social media. After the game concluded, the broadcaster aired a three-and-a-half minute long interview with Trump where he took jabs at his political opponents while also discussing the future of the sport in the country. US President Donald Trump's interview on DAZN at Metlife Stadium as Chelsea get crowned World Champions 🏆💙 #ClubWorldCupFinal — David Maina Ndung'u (@DMainaNdungu) July 13, 2025 President Donald Trump wasn't the most welcome presence at the Club World Cup Final at MetLife Stadium on Sunday as the crowd booed him when he went on the pitch in New Jersey After the match, DAZN aired a three-and-a-half minute interview of Trump with Emily Austin Trump initially dodged a question about how the United States national soccer teams could begin to dominate on the global stage by saying, 'we're doing very well on the other stage, on the political stage, on the financial stage.' Trump continued: 'All the leaders said a year ago, "your country was dead and now you have the hottest country in the world"... We were doing very badly as a country, we had an incompetent administration... But now we have a hot country, it's really hot, and I think the soccer's gonna be hot too.' Toward the end of the interview, Trump was asked what his message to viewers around the world would be before the World Cup arrives next year. 'It's about unity, it's about everybody getting together and a lot of love between countries... I guess this is probably the most international sport, so it can really bring the world together,' Trump said. On social media, the interview drew criticism and outrage - seemingly echoing the boos that Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino received when they walked out onto the pitch for the trophy presentation. Some believed that Trump was flirting with the reporter asking the questions, with one comment on X saying, 'Trump is just hitting on the blonde interviewer on DAZN while chatting his nonsense. What the hell is this??' Many others were critical of DAZN allowing Trump a platform in the middle of an international soccer tournament to rail against his political enemies. Alfie House of the Daily Echo posted, 'Why are DAZN broadcasting a political party interview with Donald Trump? This is absurd.' Social media was critical of DAZN for airing the interview while some believed that the President was 'hitting on' Austin during the report which aired after the game had ended 'Why the f**k are dazn televising and doing an interview with trump at the club World Cup? How can they genuinely think that's a good idea after everything he's done,' said another viewer. One viewer posted, 'DAZN kissing Trump's a**e. It's embarrassing.' Another said, 'No DAZN it's not great to hear from President Trump.' 'This dazn trump interview is straight up propaganda,' another comment read. Another said, 'This Trump interview is honestly embarrassing. Dazn & FIFA should be ashamed'. Chelsea clinched the Club World Cup title for the second time in their history, beating Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in front of a sold out crowd in New Jersey. Cole Palmer bagged a first half brace before new signing Joao Pedro put away the final goal of the match.
