JOHANNESBURG - We need to talk about Donald Trump.
The evil Nik Nak went online this weekend and posted:
The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar while we stand by and watch is OVER. We require a commitment from these Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the mighty U.S. Dollar or, they…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2024
The demented naartjie’s statement has caused some panic in South Africa.
We are a BRICS member and America is one of our biggest trading partners.
But the two main responses to Trump’s announcement have been strange.
Some South Africans are saying screw America, they can jump, we are going with BRICS.
Others are saying screw BRICS, we must leave BRICS immediately to save our relationship with the USA.
We need to understand how tariffs work to see that there is a third choice here.