The president typically ties his tariffs to trade policy, but he hit Brazilian products with the highest rate of any country's goods largely due to politics.

The US will impose 25% tariffs on goods imported from India "plus an unspecified penalty" for buying Russian oil and weapons, President Trump has said. In a post on his Truth Social platform, he said the measures would take effect from from 1 August,

President Trump directed two U.S. nuclear submarines to deploy in response to Russian official Dmitry Medvedev's warning that U.S. cities could be targeted.