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Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollar (apnews.com)

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His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

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[–] mdd@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Accidentally?

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yes of course. What do you think Trump wants? He wants people kissing ass, he wants groveling, he wants adoration.

Everything else that he does is clearly designed to get that, and if it has side effects, he just doesn't care, because he's too powerful to care.