🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦❌🇺🇸BRICS vows ’won’t stop’ de-Dollarization efforts despite Donald Trump’s 100 % tariff warning

➡️Brazil's President Lula da Silva affirmed that BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is determined to end U.S. dollar dominance, regardless of former President Trump's warning of 100% tariffs on exports if they attempt to replace the dollar.

➡️Lula stated that the group's commitment to alternative payment platforms will not be swayed by threats. He noted that Brazil’s presidency will enhance the bloc's push for a multipolar world. This effort comes in response to Western sanctions on Russia and aims to reduce reliance on the dollar, a discussion that has gained urgency as BRICS expands its membership.

"We are going to require a commitment from these seemingly hostile Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the mighty U.S. Dollar or, they will face 100% Tariffs," Trump said on Truth Social in a statement on January 31, nearly identical to one the US President had posted on November 30.

➡️At the time, Russia had said that any US attempt to compel countries to use the dollar would backfire.

➡️BRICS Attempt at De-Dollarisation
The BRICS group - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - has been discussing ways to reduce reliance on the US dollar for years. The BRICS economic collaboration has only intensified since Western sanctions were imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. In recent years, BRICS has expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates.

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🇺🇸🇺🇸❌🪖🏳️‍⚧️Trump administration memo orders Pentagon to identify and fire transgender members of US military

➡️The Trump administration has moved to fire transgender members of the military, with the defense department issuing a memo saying they will be separated from service unless they receive an exemption.

➡️The document, filed in court on Wednesday, represent the latest salvo against transgender rights by Donald Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, both of whom have a history of opposition to transgender people and vowed to roll back their participation in government.

“Military service by service members and applicants for military service who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria is incompatible with military service,” the memo says.

“Service by these individuals is not in the best interests of the military services and is not clearly consistent with the interests of national security.”

➡️The memo follows Trump’s signing of an executive order in January that took aim at transgender troops in a personal way, describing them as “not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member”.

➡️Earlier this month, the Pentagon had said that the US military would no longer allow transgender individuals to join and would stop performing or facilitating procedures associated with gender transition for service members. In announcing the policy, Hegseth said people with gender dysphoria already in the military would be “treated with dignity and respect”.

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