Lawyer Martin De Luca, who represents US President Donald Trump , has been targeting Brazil in a series of criticisms of the country's authorities. Active on social media, the professional has chosen at least four targets: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , Minister Alexandre de Moraes , of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) , the President of the Senate , Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP), and the Minister of Planning, Simone Tebet .

Alcolumbre came under Martin de Luca's radar after saying at a meeting of party leaders, as revealed by Coluna do Estadão, that not even with 81 signatures (which would mean the entire Senate) will he schedule the impeachment of Moraes, defended by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro .

"There are 81 senators in Brazil. Alcolumbre claims that even if each of them calls for Moraes' impeachment, he will block it anyway. Now, the very institution with the power to hold Moraes accountable is being prevented from doing so," Trump's lawyer wrote, sharing the note published by Coluna last Thursday, the 7th."If even unanimity in the Senate is irrelevant, where is Brazil headed?" he added.

This Sunday, the 10th, it was Tebet's turn to be targeted by Martin De Luca after emphasizing that Brazil's largest trading partner is China, not the US."Planning Minister Simone Tebet is celebrating China as Brazil's main economic partner to remind the US not to get involved in Moraes' censorship campaign," the lawyer said.

On the same day, he focused his criticism on Lula and said that the tariff hike against Brazil was the result of a"miscalculation" by the president. ["He relentlessly pushed to weaken the dollar through the BRICS. He tilted trade and diplomacy toward China to the detriment of the United States. He embraced Alexandre de Moraes' aggressive censorship campaign against political opponents and American platforms," he stressed.

Trump announced the tariffs on Brazilian imports with the justification that there would be a supposed "witch hunt" against Bolsonaro, who is accused of attempted coup d'état and is under house arrest by order of Moraes.

The American president's move was encouraged by Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), who has been in the US for months, and also resulted in the application of the Magnitsky Act against Moraes, used against dictators and terrorists and which blocks bank accounts and blocks access to the financial system.