US President Donald Trump has claimed credit for derailing the Brics alliance’s ambitions, saying he threatened to impose tariffs on any country that joined the bloc, which he described as an attack on the dollar.

"I told anybody who wants to be in Brics, that’s fine, but we’re going to put tariffs on your nation," Trump said during a meeting with his Argentinian counterpart, Javier Milei, at the White House.

"Everybody dropped out. They’re all dropping out of Brics. Brics was an attack on the dollar and I said, you want to play that game, I’m going to put tariffs on all of your products coming into the US," he added.

According to Trump, his warning led countries to rethink their participation in the economic grouping led by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. "They said, li

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