In July, Mr. Trump sent an angry letter to the current Brazilian president, Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, demanding that the authorities drop charges that Mr. Bolsonaro had attempted a coup. Mr. Trump slapped 50 percent tariffs on Brazilian imports and imposed sanctions on a Brazilian Supreme Court justice to try to keep Mr. Bolsonaro " a right-wing politician sometimes called the Trump of the Tropics " out of prison." "Five months later, Mr. Trump has all but admitted defeat." "Mr. Bolsonaro, 70, is in a prison cell, starting a 27-year sentence. And Mr. Trump " after a chummy meeting with Mr. Lula " has just removed the most significant tariffs against Brazil."