The incoming Trump 2.0 administration is expected to intensify US economic and geopolitical strategies against BRICS and their growing global network. Trump's actions will likely resemble earlier colonial approaches, involving covert operations, military pressure, and economic incentives to undermine BRICS and protect US control over global resources such as oil and rare earth minerals. The goal is to prevent the new, multipolar world order
that reduces US hegemony. Driven by economic imperatives, this will shape US-BRICS relations and have significant implications for the entire Global South.
Trump’s
approach to BRICS contrasts with Biden’s, as Trump is driven by
economic supremacy. His administration will aim to sanction any country
bypassing the US dollar in trade, targeting the de-dollarization trend
supported by BRICS. The de-dollarization movement, gaining momentum,
challenges US financial dominance, with BRICS countries increasingly
using national currencies and the Petroyuan, and are exploring alternative payment systems.
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of Venezuela and Bolivia and seize control of their oil and lithium.
One of the major risks of a Trump 2.0 administration will be the attempt to destabilize the growing connectivity corridors across Eurasia, which are crucial for the strategic partnerships between Russia, China, India, and Iran. These corridors are part of two key axes: a horizontal one spanning across the Heartland from China to the West, including Central Asia, West Asia, and potentially extending to Europe (BRI), and a North-South axis connecting Russia, Iran, and India through the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). This development is critical to Eurasian integration. As the United States observes these emerging networks, it sees its influence in Eurasia waning, particularly as BRICS and associated countries assert themselves. In the long term, this shift threatens America's presence and influence, not only in Eurasia but also in Africa. Latin America remains more complex due to many entrenched regimes and comprador elites that support US interests. Overall, this represents a broader
bipartisan struggle in Washington against the integration of Eurasia and
the Global South, undermining the unipolar world order the US has
historically maintained.
In
Latin America, Venezuela, aligned with China and Russia, remains a
critical point of contention. The US is expected to increase sanctions
and covert actions to oust the Maduro government. Bolivia, rich in
lithium, will be treated in a similar fashion. Controlling Brazil remains central to the US in order to limit BRICS'
influence in the region. However, in recent years, US attempts at color revolutions,
maximum pressure sanctions, hybrid wars of all sorts, and the fabrication
of puppet leaders like Juan Guaidó have proven less and less
successful, and Russia and China won’t allow Venezuela to be subverted
by Marco Rubio and his cohorts in South Florida.
» Facts have proven that the US is the biggest source of chaos in the international order. From Afghanistan to Iraq,
from Ukraine to Gaza, all these crises are the result of the self-serving double standards of the US. «
— Jing Jianfeng, Lieutenant General of China’s People’s Liberation Army, June 16, 2024.
Saudi Arabia's shift toward full BRICS membership could mark a major change
in global financial power. Trump will likely apply diplomatic pressure
or sanctions to prevent this, as US influence over oil markets is at stake. Africa will see intensified efforts to counter mainly China's
and Russia’s investments in infrastructure and energy. Also, here, Trump will likely increase sanctions and support destabilization and regime-change tactics to prevent further integration between African nations and BRICS.