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Trump admin fumes after Brazil kicks out US officials over election meddling fears: report
Election Integrity, According to the InterferersWashington Has the Bigger StickThe immediate fact pattern is simple: Brazil denied visas to two senior State Department officials, Riley M. Barnes and Samuel Samson, after concluding the planned visit could be part of a broader effort to meddle in its election. The U.S. responded with predictable outrage. That outrage matters less than the power behind it. The State Department is not some neutral referee suddenly offended by suspicion; it is the arm of a government whose president has already hit Brazil with tariffs and sanctioned Brazilian…
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