Losing the Swing States
Washington Is Driving the BRICS to Become an Anti-American Bloc
...BRICS—a ten-country group, which is named for its first five members (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)—has become increasingly important. The bloc represents roughly a third of global GDP and nearly half the world’s population.
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...the United States has strained its relations with friendly BRICS members. The U.S.-Indian relationship has not been this chilly since 1998, when the United States sanctioned it for testing nuclear weapons. In September, Deputy Secretary of State Chris Landau said that the U.S.-Brazilian relationship was at its “darkest point in two centuries.” And ties with South Africa are the most tenuous they’ve been since the end of apartheid in 1994.
It is good to have enemies. Just not everybody. America 2.0 does not get along with Canada. Nor Mexico. Nor Europe, our NATO allies. Trump's America 2.0 has alienated the entire world (except Israel).
