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I completely rule out this scenario in the near and medium term. It is too early to discuss its ambitions, given that it includes countries friendly to America and unable to abandon the current global financial system led by the US dollar.

The US with its current administration has made it clear to all former friends, that America 1st is really America alone.
The administration has noticed and backpedaled, but trust is easily lost and hard to regain.

I agree with you on the position of the current US administration, which wants to maintain America's leadership in the global economy. I somewhat agree with the US position because the US economy cannot maintain its superiority without the influence it imposes on the entire global market. Brics represents a real threat to American power if it grants more authority in a free global market.

What I disagree with you is that this is only the position of the current US administration. I believe this has always been its position under successive presidents. The Trump administration is the most clear in its positions, but this must be understood within the framework of a general US strategy and not specific to the current Trump administration. Trump will leave after his term ends, and his successor will maintain the same policy.

When you say that America is not taking a new position, I do not consider your words false. Their national interests have kept on taking priority over international solidarity as we have always witnessed. But I believe there is an important distinction between a policy-in-disguise of diplomacy and such an overt one as the Trump era. When a superpower takes such a drastic step as quitting an agreement publicly it is not looking at the short term. It destabilizes the trend of international collaboration that has been excruciatingly wrought.

Other countries cannot be faulted when they now begin to seek alternative options such as the BRICS. This is the time when even trust can be a source of power rather than economic muscle. And as America keeps this exclusive position, a greater realignment of power than ever is a possibility we all may observe. You are correct, it is not all about who is president. Nevertheless, the delivery style and the executive decisions also make a massive influence on the world perceptions.

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