Bottom line is every country in the BRICS needs access to the USA. None of them could survive without it. What Trump is doing is forcing them to face that reality. We borrow money to give it to them and accept completely lopsided trade arrangements that favor them at our expense. There is a huge difference between being a Bulky and starting to look out for our own interests. These tariffs probably won’t ever get implemented because if they do, that Country would move so far backwards it would take generations to recover if at all.
Plus, everyone wants to ride the wave and make a ton of money. IF Trump can implement his vision, Vance will get 8 years. IF Vance stays true, there will be massive coattails for other countries to ride on.
There are two outcomes to this type of policy.
One outcome is that the US becomes Isolated and cutoff from natural resources around the globe...
The other outcome is Never-Ending Wars to secure access natural resources.
The World and especially those in Brics know that as Brics grows the US loses.
Amerika is at a critical stage as our primary trading partners and allies in Europe are seeing their economies collaspe, no longer a threat to US dominance at the same time Obama/Biden failed to realize the destruction of the Germany economy would eventually harm the US more than anticipated; the lack of ceritical thinking evident from US world affairs since 2008 is astonishing - having worked in the military, DOD, and then the foreign service I have watched the DNC Thug Policies of domestic tyrants fail on the world stage.
Trump cannot reverse nearly 20-years of abjectly dismal diplomacy and financial policy from Washington with Sanctions and Tariffs.
“Bottom line is every country in the BRICS needs access to the USA”
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You live in the past, times a changing. I suggest you look at current trade deficits.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/us-trade-deficit-by-country
“ The United States has the largest trade deficit in the world. In 2023, the trade deficit of this nation was $773.4 billion. While the country brought in $3,826.9 billion in imports, the amount of exports was just $3,053.5 billion, (BEA, 2024)…”
Except for Brazil - its largest partner is China, not the USA