U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that the BRICS nations have “broken up,” just days after he threatened them with a 100% tariff for seeking an alternative to the U.S. dollar.
“BRICS states were trying to destroy our dollar. They wanted to create a new currency. So when I came in, the first thing I said was any BRICS state that even mentions the destruction of the dollar will be charged a 150% tariff, and we don’t want your goods and the BRICS states just broke up,” the US President said.
Calling it an amazing turnaround, Mr Trump said, “I don’t know what the hell happened to them. We haven’t heard from the BRICS states lately.”
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