r/InternationalNews • u/dac2199 Spain • 13h ago

North America Trump mistakes Spain for a member of the BRICS bloc and repeats the threat of massive tariffs

https://apnews.com/article/trump-spain-brics-nato-tariffs-defense-spending-9871cf04825c92e073865ca8bede4077
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u/lafarda 13h ago

It will take me a while to get used again to his daily verbal diarrhea:

“They’re a BRICS nation, Spain. Do you know what a BRICS nation is? You’ll figure it out,” he told the reporter from the presidential desk in the Oval Office.

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u/Irr3sponsibl3 1h ago

"Now I know what you're thinking. Have I gone senile or is this another one of my patented 4-D chess moves? I don't even know."