Ahead of his meeting with PM Modi, US President Donald Trump made a scathing attack on the BRICS grouping over de-dollarisation attempts, declaring it to be a ‘dead’ group. Trump said, “BRICS is dead” as he accused the grouping was made for a ‘bad purpose’ as he claimed that he has conveyed to BRICS countries that they will be “hit by a 100% tariff” if “they want to play games with the Dollar.” He warned the BRICS countries, as he said, “The day they mention that they want to do it, they will come back and say – we beg you, we beg you. BRICS is dead since I mentioned that.”