President Donald Trump has threatened BRICS countries, warning them against replacing the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency and telling them, "Go find another sucker nation." Newsweek has contacted the White House and the foreign ministries of major BRICS members Brazil,

President Donald Trump on Thursday warned off BRICS member countries from replacing the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency by repeating a 100%-tariffs threat he had made weeks after winning the November presidential elections.

In recent years BRICS has become one of the most economically powerful groups. Two of its member states are among the top five largest economies in the world