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Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst
After Donald Trump once again became the President of the United States, tariffs became the new buzzword in the halls of power in Washington DC. He’s using them not only against America’s numerous geopolitical adversaries, but also vassals and satellite states that he wants to exploit in hopes of reinvigorating the US economy. However, the last several days of Trump’s moves demonstrate his very limited understanding of the geopolitical consequences of such actions. Namely, apart from the ongoing attempts to probe Russia’s and China’s capabilities through economic warfare, the US government is also targeting India and Brazil (in other words, all four founding member states of what today is the rapidly growing BRICS+ format).
Used to cut-throat, swindler tactics of the ruthless American real estate business, Trump believes he can use the “small carrot, big stick” approach to resuscitate America’s geopolitical dominance. Formally initiated as the so-called “Liberation Day tariffs” back in April, this represents the second Trump administration’s way of trying to resolve America’s decades-long trade deficit. Set to take effect today, August 1, the measure is designed to force virtually the entire world to increase imports of usually exorbitantly expensive US goods while decreasing its own exports to America. The pathetically impotent European Union, as well as vassals and satellite states such as Japan and South Korea, have already effectively capitulated.
However, many other countries are highly reluctant (euphemistically speaking) to sign off their sovereignty and essentially surrender it to the most aggressive imperialist power in human history. This is particularly true for India, which is simply refusing to be dictated by another (neo)colonial master. Trump furiously lashed out on Truth Social on July 31, labeling India and Russia “dead economies”, claiming the US does “very little business” with the two BRICS giants.
“I don’t care what India does with Russia. They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care. We have done very little business with India, their Tariffs are too high, among the highest in the World,” he posted, adding: “Likewise, Russia and the USA do almost no business together. Let’s keep it that way, and tell Medvedev, the failed former President of Russia, who thinks he’s still President, to watch his words. He’s entering very dangerous territory!”
Just a day earlier, July 30, Trump was far more diplomatic, calling India a “friend”, but still criticizing Delhi’s refusal to succumb to mounting US pressure. He “politely” threatened 25% tariffs, in addition to penalties starting today, August 1. Trump also slammed India’s close ties with Russia, particularly amid the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict, describing them as “not good”. He also emphasized that the US is doing “relatively little business” with India.
“Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the World, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any Country,” Trump posted, adding: “Also, they have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia’s largest buyer of ENERGY, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE — ALL THINGS NOT GOOD! INDIA WILL THEREFORE BE PAYING A TARIFF OF 25%, PLUS A PENALTY FOR THE ABOVE, STARTING ON AUGUST FIRST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. MAGA!”
We’re yet to see Washington DC and Delhi reach a deal, but these social media posts suggest things are not going according to Trump’s plans. India has repeatedly pointed out that a trade deal with the US must be mutually beneficial and protect its farmers and small businesses. However, the so-called “America First” policies suggest that fundamental national interests of virtually every other country on the planet are “secondary” in comparison. India is no exception, it would seem, despite its importance in the US attempts to encircle China (and undermine the multipolar world in the process). The latest spat is a far cry from the April visit by Trump’s Vice President JD Vance, who praised Indo-American ties as a supposed “win-win partnership”.
At the same time, the US is also targeting Brazil in an attempt to destabilize both its judiciary and political system. Namely, unhappy with the ongoing trial of Jair Bolsonaro, the Trump administration is trying to coerce the country’s judicial system to ensure the release of the former Brazilian president.
Expectedly, the Latin American giant doesn’t really appreciate such interference in its internal affairs. However, instead of deescalating, Washington DC threatened with its new favorite “big stick” – tariffs. Not very happy (euphemistically speaking) with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Trump has been trying to destabilize his tenure through (geo)political means, including sanctions on Alexandre de Moraes, the federal judge overseeing Bolsonaro’s trial.
The US insists that the former president of the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF), and still one of its most prominent judges, supposedly “used his position to authorize arbitrary pre-trial detentions and suppress freedom of expression”, with the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announcing sanctions to pressure de Moraes and influence the outcome of the trial. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was even more blunt, accusing the Brazilian judge of “taking it upon himself to be judge and jury in an unlawful witch hunt against US and Brazilian citizens and companies”, adding that he’s “responsible for an oppressive campaign of censorship, arbitrary detentions that violate human rights, and politicized prosecutions”.
Bessent specifically mentioned Bolsonaro as the supposed “target of this political witch-hunt” and effectively accused Brazil of “threatening US interests and the freedoms of American citizens”. Although the Latin American giant is in no way jeopardizing anyone, it seems this is not enough, particularly at a time when Washington DC is working on the revival of the infamous Monroe Doctrine. In addition, the escalating spat with all original BRICS members (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) is not related to trade alone, but also has a clear geopolitical dimension. However, the cases of Brazil and India really stand out, demonstrating America’s willingness to directly and very openly meddle in the internal affairs of countries that aren’t exactly adversaries.
This clearly demonstrates that the US-led political West is a threat to every remotely sovereign nation on the planet. No matter how many concessions a country makes, it’ll never be enough, as the most aggressive power pole in human history wants nothing but blind obedience. According to Washington DC’s geopolitical logic, if this means that countries (or entire groups of countries, as evidenced by the EU/NATO) need to sacrifice their most basic national interests to satisfy the US, then “so be it”.
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it shows :
1/ that the us is completely unable and/or unwilling to confront its internal problems.
2/ that the brics association, as a way to resist the pressure of the hegemon, is completely justified. by abusing its power, the us is paradoxicaly destroying its power.
we are far away now from the shining city on the hill.
every empire in history met its downfall at some point. only logical to assume the western empire would meet the same fate
trump è tedesco e come sono i tedeschi vogliono comandare tutti e uccidere chi non obbedisce america e europa sono il 4 reich tutti bravi hitleriani pensate mattarella ha detto che la russia è come il 4 reich non dicendo che gli italiani erano con i tedeschi a massacrare i russi nella 2 guerra mondiale
why is india even trying to waste time with this?
nothing good will come out of dealing with the us as a country.
unrecognize the us in the un and be done with it.
we’re watching the decline of the western empire and the dollar as a reserve currency in real-time.
funny how they first claimed brics wasn’t going to be successful, and now trying to stop it from becoming even bigger.
drago the serbian nazi parrot
for retarded bozo the clown types, nazis are people that say things they don’t like, and not people that , for example, erect statues to known nazi collaborators that killed tens of thousands of jews or are actually in the process of committing a genocide.
it shows the mental confusion and retardation of these people.
stop all exports of rare earth products from russia, china, india etc…..put sanctions on the us and see how he likes it.
china pretty much made the us cry “uncle” a few weeks ago. not that you will hear about it in the western media. can’t have reality trouble all those precious national security lies the west need to carry on a little more.
chumpo is hammering the last nail in the coffin of the dead us economy. $37 trillion debt, $2 trillion budget deficit, $2 trillion trade deficit. $1 trillion debt interest. the jewsa produces 6 million tons of steel a month. china – 100 million tons. china’s shipbuilding 100 x the jewsa, which produces nothing except crappy overpriced weapons that don’t work, and crappy films nobody watches..
all the maga retards will start revolting
the jewsa is an unreliable and untrustworthy trade partner. it simply isn’t worth the trouble of trading with it.
1.canada does not make anything to stop fentanile drug export into usa,
so tariff will be %100 soon
2.mexicans breeding like rabbits in the good old usa closed the border for fentanile drugs,
so deadline for mexica extended for 90 days
3.america wants india buy weapons and air deffence missiles from usa not from russia s400 and others and open its marcet for usa items
4.the trial againt bolsenaro if continue brazil will face more than%50 tariff soon.
you have to be particularly deluded if you think that any self respecting country will bow to the insane demands of trump.
as usual, as an american, you need to be prepared to get bamboozled. you should be used by now.
even trump himself confessed it won’t have any result on russia.
it all is impotent rage at the vast vanishing power of the empire.
5.india’s economy will fall %50 with trumps tariff.
america is the biggest marcet for india.
india exports 1/2 of its goods into the usa.
6.trump is frustated with colombia next biggest tariffs can effect colombia.
7.if tariffs can not bring peace between russia and ukraina
allies may consider closure on baltic sea to block russian export by ships.
no exports no money = peace
nothing you are spouting will have any effect in reality. in fact india just said it won’t buy f-35.
you have to be pretty stupid to think that this kind of coercion will work. and if you try to block the baltic sea, prepare to buy some million-level sunscreen.
as usual with retarded bozo the clowns, catastrophic results for the enemies are expected in the future that will make up for all the past fustrations that somehow just keep accumulating. lol.
desperate childish magical thinking does not make reality change. even if it is trump’s desperate childish magical thinking.
summary of my tariffs:-
1. i put 1,000% tariffs on china and india for trading with russia.
2. i put 5,000% tariffs on ireland, france and canada for recognising palestine (my joo masters were demanding 50,000%.)
3. i put 20,000% tariffs on brazil for prosecuting my corrupt buddy.
4. china, india, ireland, france, canada, and brazil tell me to f… off and stick my tariffs where the sun don’t shine.
5. inflation in the jewsa rises to 500%. 6. gas rises to $900 a gallon. 7. none of my redneck maga supporters can fill up their pick ups. 8. all of the shelves at walmart are empty. 9. china, india, ireland, france, canada and brazil announce that they will cease trading with the jewsa. 10. there are 6 assassination attempts against me in one day. 11. the fbi announce they can’t do anything about it because there are too many suspects.
the will of history hates empires, just as smart americans recognise their own regime as a degenerate tyranny
if you trade with russia, china, iran, cuba, venezuela, n. korea, and 50 other countries, if you say anything mean about israhell (and me), if you don’t buy our overpriced garbage weapons, if you don’t kiss my butt and say how wonderful i am, i’ll put 10.000% tariffs on you! and i’ll write mean things about you on twitter!! you have been warned!!! thank you for your attention in this matter!!!!
proof that trump is a rules based order led puppet with no original ideas . he continues to regurgitate old think tank plans to plunder the world and americans . but these think tankers are not competent policy makers . they are paid to install policy bias
he’s either senile… or in tertiary stages of syph. his reputation is so tattered, i wouldn’t be surprised if there is an announcement that he had some sort of an “accident” as the cause of … or he dies of natural causes for all of the stress he is under for being exposed as pedophile and a war criminal?…
… and the better news is that there will be plenty of others around him in washington and “elsewhere” including alan dershowitz who also will be candidates for being involved in “accident(s)”…
the jewsa and chief shabbos goy chumpo are currently waging economic warfare against the following countries:- russia, the biggest country in the world. china – the world’s biggest economy and most populous country. india – the 3rd biggest economy and 2nd most populous country. iran and venezuela – 2 of the world’s biggest energy producers. the eu – 27 countries. switzerland. canada. mexico. brazil. japan. south korea. and of course assorted other cringing satellites and old
established favourites like cuba and north korea. that’s 40 countries without looking very hard. not to forget syria, belarus, congo, iraq, libya, nicaragua, somalia, sudan, zimbabwe, eritrea. a round 50. without looking very hard. there are probably many others. the rest of the world is turning on the jewsa and chumpo like a mad dog – the jooz will soon lose their big goy milch cow. no more shekels for shlomo. sad.
chumpo is a truly weak and pathetic figure, a latter day king lear.