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The Duran Podcast

Trump's BRICS anger and ephemeral deals

The Duran Podcast

The Duran

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4.5738 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Trump's BRICS anger and ephemeral deals

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0:00.0

All right, Alexander, let's talk about Trump's tariffs announcements, many tariff announcements,

0:06.8

50% on Brazil, 25% on India, possibly 100% on so many countries in eight days now, eight days

0:19.2

and counting. And this seems to be Trump's foreign policy

0:25.6

tool going forward is tariffs. This is not about the U.S. economy, or at least not completely

0:33.5

about the U.S. economy. It's not about reindustrialization or bringing manufacturing

0:37.8

back to the United States. Tariffs have become a geopolitical weapon, at least that's how it seems.

0:44.7

Or maybe, maybe this is about growth in the U.S. economy. It seems like the U.S. economy

0:51.4

is growing. Well, it is growing according to the reports, a 3%

0:55.3

GDP growth. You'll probably address that in this video. But where should we begin? Where do you

1:01.5

think we should begin? India, Brazil, Russia. He's going after Russia really hard as well. China.

1:08.0

Or do you want to talk about the U.S. economy?

1:10.0

No, let's start.

1:11.6

A lot to discuss, by the way.

1:12.6

There's an awful lot to discuss and to unscramble.

1:14.6

But let's actually talk about the tariffs and the sanctions because, as you correctly say, they merged.

1:20.6

I mean, it's now becoming very difficult to, if actually become impossible impossible to separate one from the other.

1:30.7

We were the first ones to mention that, by the way, Alex. Absolutely. Absolutely.

1:32.5

Completely.

1:34.6

Absolutely.

1:35.7

I mean, they've become a geopolitical tool.

1:38.3

They're also, and I have to say this, if you go by the comments Trump has been making

1:43.5

and he's been firing off one after the other on true social and various comments that he's making all over the place, they also seem to reflect that the president's temper or anything particular moment in time.

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