Posted on 12/02/2024 7:37:04 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Former public protector Thuli Madonsela has condemned recent threats by US president-elect Donald Trump to impose 100% tariffs on Brics countries if they pursue the creation of a new currency.
Madonsela described Trump's threat as bullying and “supremacist”, emphasising no country has the right to assert dominance over others.
“Dear president-elect Trump, please note that just as no person has a right to dominate others. No country has a right to assert supremacy over others to order them to submit to its domination,” Madonsela said on X.
“I reject responses that say whoever has greater economic means must call the shots, that the wise move from those in a weaker economic position is to simply comply.
(Excerpt) Read more at timeslive.co.za ...
Nobody’s forcing BRICS to use the dollar, but actions have consequences. If they wanna go off on their own and don’t need goods from companies that use the dollar, more power to ‘em.
“Burn the Whites” says No Bullying.
Suck it up Buttercup, Trump is concerned with America first, you can play by his rules or not but nobody likes a whiny Bitch.
Then don’t sell to the USA.
Sell to other countries that don’t charge tariffs.
Thuli Madonsela is a black woman South African lawyer of obvious intellectual acumen.
Thuli Madonsela is a black woman South African lawyer of obvious intellectual acumen.
“Madonsela described Trump’s threat as bullying and “supremacist”...”
Good! That’s why we elected him!
What’s she complaining about?
Trump just doubled the price of her countries gold and diamonds.
“No country has a right to assert supremacy over others to order them to submit to its domination,” Madonsela said on X.
I guess this Madonsela clown has never read a history book.
Don't forget, Trump's a fascist and nazi. It's coming, right here in a torrent of pro-BRICS threads, just watch.
I would have to say that insisting on a secure border is not”asserting dominance over others”. Without that secure border, you don’t really have a country.
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