President Trump’s plan to place tariffs on Brazilian goods because of a legal action against the country’s former president has boosted its leftist leader.

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Thursday evening calling for an immediate end to what he called "unjust" political attacks against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro would meet with U.S. President Donald Trump if he had access to his passport, he told Reuters in an interview on Friday, following federal police searches of his home and party headquarters.

A prosecutor has asked Brazil's Supreme Court to find ex-president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of plotting a violent coup after a trial that saw President Trump try to intervene.

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's former president, faces restrictions including an ankle monitor and social media ban amid a coup attempt trial. Federal police searched his home and party headquarters, while Trump decried the treatment as unjust.

Jair 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.

The USTR's investigation will span digital trade and electronic payment services, preferential tariffs, anti-corruption interference, intellectual property protection and illegal deforestation.