President Trump's tariff threat against Brazil to protect his ally, former President Jair Bolsonaro, has sparked political turmoil in the South American country.

Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, the former president, to stay home most hours, defying President Trump’s demands that charges against him be dropped.

After the U.S. threatened 50% tariffs on Brazil, a group of justices advocated for the court to issue a statement challenging President Donald Trump ’s assertion of a 'Witch Hunt.”

Police in Brazil swooped on the home and political headquarters of Jair Bolsonaro early Friday, searching the properties and ordering the former president to wear an electronic ankle tag. The right-winger and ally of US President Donald Trump was also barred from speaking to foreign officials or approaching embassies,

J air Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president, has had an electronic tag fitted to his ankle by the authorities over fears he could flee to the U.S. and seek asylum from his ally, President Donald Trump.

Santa Claus arrived early for President Lula, and the gift was sent by Trump through this clumsy attack on Brazil’s sovereignty,” a diplomat said of threatening tariffs in support of Bolsonaro.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has hit back at Donald Trump’s tariff threats, saying that his American counterpart was elected as the leader of the United States and “not to be the emperor of the world.