The new president of the United States, Donald Trump, this Monday confused Spain as a member of the BRICS, an organization of which it is not a part. When asked in the Oval Office about Spain’s contribution to NATO, the Republican assured that Spain is a country that is part of the BRICS, whose acronyms come from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Thus, when questioned about the contribution of less than 5% of several NATO countries to the Atlantic Alliance, including the Spanish case, he assured that Spain is part of the BRICS. Spain in English is ‘Spain’, so the Republican could have confused it with the last letter of the BRICS.
“Spain is a BRICS nation. Do you know what a BRICS nation is? You will find out. If the BRICS countries want to do that, fine, but we will impose at least a 100% tariff on the business they do with the United States,” Trump replied. to the reporter.
When the journalist corrected him and clarified that Spain is not part of that group, Trump insisted that he will impose tariffs on the BRICS.
The BRICS acronym comes from its founding countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, although it is currently made up of eleven full members, which include Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Iran and Indonesia. It also has several partner countries.
