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Divide and conquer? Trump is doing the opposite.

Trump’s policies are pushing potential U.S. allies into the arms of Russia and China.

By MAX BOOT

Washington Post
August 13, 2025

“BRICS is dead,” President Donald Trump proclaimed in February. He was referring to the loose grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which has now been expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates along with various “partner countries” from the Global South.

Yet in the months since, Trump has emerged as the strongest salesman for the value of this international organization, created in 2009 at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s instigation to challenge the post-1945, American-led world order. Trump seems intent on alienating America’s potential partners in the group.