Patrick Lawrence: Washington Takes on the BRICS

Patrick Lawrence: Washington Takes on the BRICS

President Donald Trump in the White House on July 18. (White House/Daniel Torok) In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. By Patrick Lawrence / Consortium News Well, it took long enough for the White House and the policy cliques to notice even the existence of the BRI…

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By Patrick Lawrence* – Consortium News Trump’s lashing out at the group of non-Western nations is so clumsy, so off the mark, so utterly unaware of where the hands are on history’s clock. Well, it took long enough for the White House and the policy cliques to notice even the existence of the BRICS, the group of non–Western nations named for its first members. For many years after Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa coalesced to form th…