TSF just said Spain is in BRICS.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

The idiocy is staggering.

[Ocelot II]

1. Brics? What does that mean?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. He thought the S stands for Spain.

[iemanja]

12. The S is South Africa

[leftieNanner]

3. It's an alliance

I think including Russia, China, and some African countries.

[Mossfern]

4. Had to look it up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS

[Irish_Dem]

6. Russia and China's global organization to bring down the US.

So they can be the 21st global superpowers.

[NJCher]

7. Brazil

Russia, China, India; it's an economic thing. There might be another country I forgot.

[lapfog_1]

14. trump thought it was Spain

because South Africa is where his newest favorite child, Eloon, is from... can't be them. Must not offend the richest real billionaire that he knows.

[Ocelot II]

8. BRICS. Spain isn't in it.

[LeftInTX]

15. It's a non-Western alliance.

[Ocelot II]

16. Yes, I didn't recognize that "Brics" was the acronym BRICS.

[iemanja]

9. Brazil, India, China and South Africa

An international association of 10 countries (actually 11 now, I think), that doesn’t include Spain. Russia and UAE are included, Indonesia, Egypt, Iran, and some others.

[Blue_Tires]

10. People love the ignorance and stupidity, though

It's part of the "reality TV/sitcom" entertainment value that everyone has missed so very very much 😒

[cliffside]

13. Heard that ...

And he disparaged the person who asked the question, what an idiot some have elected.

[Mountainguy]

17. It's a currency block

for the goth kids of the globe.

[Danmel]

18. Nigeria just joined

https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/01/19/brics-expands-population-nigeria-africa/

[Celerity]

19. Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, The United Arab Emirates, and Nigeria

plus

partner states

Belarus
Bolivia
Cuba
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Thailand
Uganda
Uzbekistan

countries had been invited to join the BRICS bloc as observer partner states

Turkey
Vietnam

Saudi Arabia was invited to join at the 15th BRICS summit, but has not yet formalised its approval to become a BRICS member

countries that have applied for membership

Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Pakistan
Senegal
Sri Lanka
Syria
Venezuela

previous applicants

In 2022, Argentina formally submitted an application for BRICS membership under Alberto Fernández's government. Argentina was invited to join at the subsequent 2023 summit, but the country declined the offer to join the bloc in the aftermath of Javier Milei's victory in that year's presidential election.

Algeria had previously applied for membership in 2023, but later rejected it in September 2024, making Algeria the second country after Argentina to decline and stop its application.

Following the 2024 BRICS summit, Brazil blocked Venezuela's application to the bloc, largely due to the disputed 2024 Venezuelan elections and the ongoing Venezuelan crisis. Venezuela recalled its ambassador from Brazil in response.