TOI correspondent in Washington: In a series of executive orders signed for the first time in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday, US President Donald Trump said he would impose 100% tariffs on BRICS countries, including India, if they did not balance trade with the US. I warned you. on a mutual basis.
“The BRICS are six or seven countries… trying to add a lot to us… If they do that, it’s not good for them,” Trump told reporters, adding, “We “We intend to impose tariffs and taxes on foreign countries in order to enrich our country.” “People,” he said, but argued that other countries have long enriched themselves at America’s expense.
In holding out the threat, President Trump also mistakenly included Spain in the trade-centric bloc, which has just five member states, with the S meaning South Africa. Brazil, Russia, India and China are the other members.
In between chats with the media, Trump joins a series of presidents who have withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization, declared a “border emergency” to stop illegal entry into the U.S., and renamed the Gulf of Mexico. He also signed ordinances and actions. As a member of the Gulf Congress, he announced he would dismantle government diversity and inclusion programs and abolish birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
Political commentators said the signing of more than 100 presidential actions was primarily showmanship aimed at impressing his MAGA base. Many such orders and actions are likely to face legal challenges, while others fall under the jurisdiction of the Legislature, which has a Republican majority.
(Republican-run Florida quickly made the switch, with its governor, Ron DeSantis, referring to the “Gulf of America” in storm warnings issued by his office.) The seas, oceans, and navigable waters of the United States and Mexico are uniformly surveyed and charted within the territory of the International Hydrographic Organization, which works to ensure the IHO It is not unusual for Mexico to be a member of the Gulf of Mexico (now called the Gulf of Mexico by its Spanish name, El Golfo de México).
In fact, the order abolishing birthright citizenship (which grants citizenship to everyone born in the United States regardless of the status of their parents and is incorporated into the U.S. Constitution and approved by the Supreme Court) Even the ink from the court was challenged. The giant Sharpie marker President Trump used to indicate it was drying.
It was a triumphant comeback for Trump, who lost the 2020 election and believes the election was stolen from him after serving one term, but said it would be a “great feeling” to return to the White House. Ta.
He was so elated to be back in the Oval Office that he didn’t even read the farewell letter that his predecessor, Joe Biden, had left in his resolution desk drawer, pulling it out only when a reporter reminded him of this tradition. I raised it. .
Instead, he conducted completely unscripted, free-wheeling media interactions, giving pool reporters raw insight into his thinking from his off-the-cuff answers to questions about foreign policy and domestic issues.
A recurring theme in his remarks was that he wanted to be seen as a “unifier” and “peacemaker,” but only on American terms. The United States will not wage war, but will build the largest military in history and seek to achieve peace through force.
At the same time, the United States claimed to “take back” the Panama Canal, claiming that China now controls the barrier. He also suggested that Denmark would withdraw and allow the United States to occupy Greenland.
Recalling that President Trump had claimed to end the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office, he said, “It’s only half a day. There’s still half a day left.”
More seriously, he appeared to criticize Putin for “not doing very well” in the war against Ukraine, saying that “not getting a deal” was hurting Russia’s economy. . He also called North Korea a nuclear power, alarming South Korea. The South Korean government does not want such a designation to become official.
