Trump is threatened by BRICS, lashing out at Global South - analyst says: Video
African political analysts have sharply criticised the United States’ decision to boycott the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa, calling the move politically driven and harmful to the credibility of global governance platforms.
“Trump is directly threatened by BRICS today, China, Russia, India, South Africa, Brazil — especially since BRICS now accounts for around 33% of the world’s GDP, far surpassing the G7,” he said. “This constitutes a real threat. That is precisely what pushes him towards imposing tariffs.”
In Dakar, Senegal, Djibril Gningue of the Research Group and Dappio – Council for Participatory Democracy and Good Governance (GRADEC) dismissed claims that the boycott is linked to allegations of a so-called “white farmer genocide” in South Africa. Instead, he argued that Washington’s decision reflects broader strategic anxieties.
Gningue said a “wind” of countries asserting their sovereignty is “blowing across the world and especially over Africa,” and warned that the US is ramping up pressure on the Global South as a result.
He suggested the boycott highlights a deeper shift in global power. “Isn’t it time to go in that direction, in the direction of a multipolar world? Isn’t it also in the direction of sovereignism?” he asked, warning that attempts to pressure the Global South “will lead to the definitive decline of the West.”
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