U.S. President Donald Trump has apparently confused Spain for a member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, causing some head-scratching and jitters over possible tariffs in Madrid.
Trump erroneously said Spain was in BRICS when a journalist asked him about NATO countries like Spain which don’t meet the NATO minimum of spending 2% of economic output on defense. Spain ranked last in the 32-nation military alliance, estimated to spend 1.28% on defense last year.
Trump started his answer by saying “Spain is very low,” referring to its defense expenditures, but quickly veered into speaking about the BRICS.
“They’re a BRICS nation, Spain. Do you know what a BRICS nation is? You’ll figure it out,” he told the reporter from the presidential desk in the Oval Office.
Trump repeated his threat to put costly tariffs on BRICS, saying “we are going to put at least a 100% tariff on the business they do with the United States,” part of his economic plans that would overturn decades of free trade consensus.
Here’s the clip, he’s just as senile as Biden lmfao. Just dying empire things
Biden is the quiet confusion kind of senile.
Trump is the batshit insane kind of senile which is arguably worse.
How is that “arguably” worse?
One can’t find the button to push. The other pushes every single fucking button they can find.
As much as I wanna say this is smart in some kinda way, the only thing that comes to mind is that this mf thinks Spain is in South America because they speak Spanish.
Time to whip out the Sharpie and once again amend the map!
I wasn’t expecting a nato dog to join BRICS but hey, welcome to the resistance, Spain.
What a way to insult a country twice in the same sentence.
A confused US leader isn’t that bad if you are a BRICS member. If anything, it is the best you’d hope for.
Trump repeated his threat to put costly tariffs on BRICS, saying “we are going to put at least a 100% tariff on the business they do with the United States,” part of his economic plans that would overturn decades of free trade consensus.
It’s not a threat, he down right states that he is GOING TO put a minimum of 100% tariffs on BRICS and Spain. But as long as no one holds him accountable for all the spiel he spouts, he’ll keep on saying whatever he wants and get away with it because people don’t know how to act or assumes it’s just too stupid for him to follow through, until he does, and have no preparation to counteract his shit.
Welcome to BRICS!
Sorry Spain. You’re not white enough to sit at the big kids table so you’re a BRICS member now
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Do it, Donnie! Put the 100% tariffs on BRICS countries and Spain.
Wharton’s finest
You know, that’s probably the smartest thing he said all day
Let him try, he’ll get a good lesson in just how weak America truly is
