Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pushed back against harsh criticism from the United States following the conviction this week of his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro on coup charges. Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison, in a conviction Trump called "very surprising" and to which US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Washington will "respond accordingly." The United States has also sanctioned the judge overseeing Bolsonaro's trial, Alexandre de Moraes, who has led a charge against disinformation in Brazil, sparking feuds with US tech giants. Lula criticised Trump's tariffs as "not only misguided but illogical," given the United States' trade surplus with Brazil. "It followed months of investigations that uncovered plans to assassinate me, the vice president and a Supreme Court justice," he said.