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Madonsela calls out 'bullying' and 'supremacist' tendencies after Trump's 100% tariff threat to Brics countries
Times Live South Africa ^ | 12/2/2024 | Innocentia Nkadimeng

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.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: brics; southafrica; trump

1 posted on 12/02/2024 7:37:04 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

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.


2 posted on 12/02/2024 7:49:18 AM PST by jagusafr ( )
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To: marcusmaximus

“Burn the Whites” says No Bullying.


3 posted on 12/02/2024 7:55:52 AM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: marcusmaximus

Suck it up Buttercup, Trump is concerned with America first, you can play by his rules or not but nobody likes a whiny Bitch.


4 posted on 12/02/2024 8:41:52 AM PST by Mastador1
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To: marcusmaximus

Then don’t sell to the USA.

Sell to other countries that don’t charge tariffs.


5 posted on 12/02/2024 8:58:14 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: marcusmaximus

Thuli Madonsela is a black woman South African lawyer of obvious intellectual acumen.


6 posted on 12/02/2024 9:01:42 AM PST by Bookshelf
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To: marcusmaximus

Thuli Madonsela is a black woman South African lawyer of obvious intellectual acumen.


7 posted on 12/02/2024 9:02:34 AM PST by Bookshelf
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To: marcusmaximus

“Madonsela described Trump’s threat as bullying and “supremacist”...”

Good! That’s why we elected him!


8 posted on 12/02/2024 9:05:02 AM PST by bwest
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To: marcusmaximus

What’s she complaining about?

Trump just doubled the price of her countries gold and diamonds.


9 posted on 12/02/2024 10:36:28 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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“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.


10 posted on 12/02/2024 11:24:37 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Don't forget, Trump's a fascist and nazi. It's coming, right here in a torrent of pro-BRICS threads, just watch.

11 posted on 12/02/2024 9:20:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: marcusmaximus

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.


12 posted on 12/03/2024 10:54:25 AM PST by oldtech
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