Experts Weigh In on Trump's Threatened Tariffs on Anti-Dollar BRICS

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "At a September campaign rally, Trump told the crowd that many countries are exiting the dollar.
47% : "It's unclear how 100 percent tariffs on a group of countries that make up 37 percent of global GDP would happen in practice, but serves as a possible preview of tariff diplomacy under Trump 2.0."
44% : "Still, Trump has been vocal about employing the tariff weapon to halt the formation of a rival to the U.S. dollar.
44% : The aim, Trump says, is to push these countries to improve border security and halt the drug trade.
43% : I hope you sell a lot of it into the United States, but you're going to pay 100 percent tariff,'" Trump said.
32% : "This is not the first time Trump has weighed in on imposing tariffs on anti-dollar nations.
31% : In October, speaking at the Economic Club of Chicago with Bloomberg, Trump warned that the United States could slip into "Third World status" if it lost reserve dominance.
30% : "Trump has been wielding the tariff weapon weeks before returning to the White House.
26% : "While he does not believe BRICS will successfully replace the U.S. dollar in worldwide trade, Trump stated that any country that attempts to "should wave goodbye to America.

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