Liberals Discover That the BRICs Exist, Blame Trump

The leaders of Russia, China, and India held a summit in the Chinese city of Tianjin, and they pledged friendship and cooperation and a shared commitment to confronting the United States as a coordinated bloc. 

Liberals are claiming that this marks a turning point in world relations, and they blame Donald Trump for driving these countries together because of his America First policies. 

Who said Trump isn’t good at building alliances? https://t.co/UV3uNLh845

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) September 1, 2025

That’s a new one on me. For the past 25 years, these countries, along with other losers in the world economy, have been trying to create what is informally termed the “BRICs” bloc. They have tried to displace the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency and, through combined influence, balance the United States’ influence as a superpower. (BRICs stands for Brazil, Russia, India, and China). 

This photo captures the failure of U.S. foreign policy under Trump and Rubio. Trump’s job was to keep India as a friend and achieve a rapprochement with Russia to isolate China. Instead he hit India with tariffs and escalated in Ukraine. Now the U.S. is the odd man out. pic.twitter.com/JkjIaZAFQh

— James Rickards (@RealJimRickards) September 1, 2025

It is true that China and India have been at loggerheads over territorial disputes prior to this summit, and that Xi and Modi have not met face-to-face in seven years. Therefore, one could argue that relations have thawed somewhat. But world leaders meeting and pledging cooperation and countries actually subordinating their vital interests to a greater good are two wildly different things. 

I mean, Trump putting an end to 60 years of China-India conflict has gotta make him a shoo-in for that Nobel prize, yes?

If you don’t see that China is the clear winner of America First, you’re just not paying attention. pic.twitter.com/gIyi4v6Ppe

— Ben Hunt (@EpsilonTheory) September 1, 2025

Russia and China have strained relations as well, but China has kept Russia afloat during its war in Ukraine largely because it likes to see both Russia and the West bleed each other dry. One of the reasons why the BRICs have never been able to do more than make noise about economic cooperation and overpowering the United States’ economic might is that they really don’t have interests that overlap that well. 

They share a common adversary–the United States–but they distrust each other at least as much as they distrust us. And, let’s be honest, only China has economic clout that is remotely comparable to the United States. India is growing, but not key to the world economy, and Russia is a gas station with nukes. 

I have been attempting to alert everyone that this is the outcome of weaponized tariffs and de-dollarization: a new world order dominated by China, Russia, India, Brazil, and the Global South (which encompasses the Middle East and Africa). China no longer “requires” the United… pic.twitter.com/6bS7Qg6krV

— Michael O’Fallon – Sovereign Nations (@SovMichael) September 1, 2025

Pointing a finger at Trump for suddenly creating an alliance between these countries is wrong on two fronts: first of all, the chances that there will actually be a Russia-India-China bloc with durable power are very small, and secondly, they have been trying to do this for 25 years or more. Blaming this “alliance” on Trump is ridiculous–the term “BRICs” was invented in 2001 by a Goldman-Sachs economist. 

Countries are always jockeying for power, and no doubt part of the reason why Modi and Xi met with Putin is to signal to the United States that they can exercise some clout as well. It is a negotiating tactic. But I guarantee you that if Modi had to choose between good relations with the US or with China–a country with which they are always on the brink of war–he would have no trouble choosing. 

All this “hair on fire” catastrophizing, suggesting that Trump is on the verge of destroying America, is absurd. It IS true that Trump is shaking up the world order and that his moves are unsettling people, but the goal is to reset relations that have become truly unbalanced. 

It’s perfectly legitimate to question Trump’s strategy and tactics pursuing this reset, but it’s impossible to take anybody seriously when they point to a meeting of the key members of the BRICs as proof that Trump has destroyed the world. The BRICs are already a thing, and Trump had nothing to do with it. 

Next thing you know, the liberals will be blaming Trump for strained relations with Iran and Venezuela, and as the true author of the Cuban Missile Crisis. 

Once again, they are just throwing the brown stuff against the wall to see what sticks, and once again, the Pravda Media is helping them do it. 

Sigh. 

• Editor’s Note: The mainstream media continues to deflect, gaslight, spin, and lie about President Trump, his administration, and conservatives.

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