Trump Threatens BRICS Countries With 100% Tariffs If They Ditch The Dollar

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has threatened BRICS nations with 100% tariffs if they decide to challenge the U.S. dollar’s dominance in the global economy. BRICS is an acronym denoting the emerging national economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. “The idea that the BRICS countries are trying to move away from the dollar while we stand by and watch is OVER.,” Trump wrote in a social media post early Sunday.  “We require a commitment from these countries that they will neither create a new BRICS…