President Donald Trump has threatened BRICS countries, warning them against replacing the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency and telling them, "Go find another sucker nation." Newsweek has contacted the White House and the foreign ministries of major BRICS members Brazil,

President Donald Trump on Thursday warned off BRICS member countries from replacing the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency by repeating a 100%-tariffs threat he had made weeks after winning the November presidential elections.

MOSCOW - The Kremlin on Friday brushed off a repeat threat by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on the BRICS grouping of countries if it created its own currency, saying there was and never had been such a plan.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that US President Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on BRICS nations “seem empty” as there is no plan to introduce an alternative currency to the US dollar. He said that there is no serious proposal for the BRICS to come up with an

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened 100-percent tariffs on BRICS countries over their efforts to create a new currency and move away from the U.S. dollar.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that there is no chance for BRICS countries to replace the US dollar.

Russia warned that U.S. efforts to enforce dollar use could backfire. The BRICS nations, while discussing a common currency, are unlikely to replace the dollar, as Trump threatens 100% tariffs on countries attempting to do so amid U.

US President Donald Trump has reiterated his threat to place 100% tariffs on BRICS nations, as the deadline loomed for him to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

US President Donald Trump said he will impose 100 percent tariffs on Brics countries if they create a new currency, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti. “The idea that the Brics countries are trying to move away from the dollar, while we stand by and watch, is over.

U.S. President Donald Trump has reiterated his threat to impose 100% tariffs on BRICS nations if they try to replace the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency, ahead of his decision to impose 25% duties on Canadian and Mexican goods this weekend.