U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to the BRICS alliance, declaring that any serious attempt to rival the U.S. dollar’s dominance would face swift retaliation.
Speaking at the signing of the GENIUS Act on Friday — legislation aimed at regulating payment stablecoins and blocking the creation of a U.S. central bank digital currency — Trump said losing the dollar’s global reserve status would be tantamount to “losing a world war.”
Trump dismissed the BRICS bloc, which includes major economies like China, Russia, Brazil, India, and South Africa, as a “fading group” and threatened a 10% tariff on any country aligning with its policies. He claimed credit for undermining the group’s efforts to develop an alternative to the U.S. dollar.
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“There is a little group called BRICS, and it is fading out fast,” Trump said. “They tried to challenge the dominance of the dollar. I told them clearly — if you’re part of this, you’re getting hit with a 10% tariff. They had a meeting the next day and barely anyone showed up.”

Trump’s aggressive stance was framed as a strategic defense of the dollar, which he described as America’s greatest financial weapon. “We can never let anyone play games with us,” he said. “If we lost the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency, it would be like losing a world war.”
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The BRICS group has denied being anti-American, insisting their goal is to foster a more multipolar global financial system. However, Trump’s administration remains firm in its view that the alliance, and any attempt to sideline the U.S. dollar, poses a direct threat to American economic leadership.

Trump also emphasized that his administration’s new regulatory framework — under the GENIUS Act — will ensure the U.S. stays ahead in the digital currency race without ceding control to centralized government systems. “There will be no central bank digital currency in the U.S. under my leadership,” he added.
As the geopolitical and economic landscape shifts, Trump’s comments reflect a deepening divide between the U.S. and emerging coalitions like BRICS. His message was clear: the U.S. dollar remains non-negotiable — and any nation attempting to challenge its supremacy will face serious consequences.
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