Trump aide Navarro likens BRICS nations to 'vampires': 'None will survive without selling to US'

White House trade advisor Peter Navarro (Courtesy: Reuters photo)

White House trade advisor Peter Navarro has launched an attack on the BRICS member nations while comparing them to 'vampires'. The Trump aide criticised the alliance over 'unfair trade practices' and even claimed that BRICS cannot survive if they don't sell to the United States.

Navarro expressed doubt on whether the BRICS alliance would last long and claimed that the member nations have historically hated each other.

" ... The bottom line is that none of these countries (BRICS) can survive if they don't sell to the US ... And when they sell to the United States their exports, they're like vampires sucking our blood dry with their unfair trade practices," he said.

In the TV interaction, Navarro - the senior counsellor for trade and manufacturing to Trump - said, "I don't see how the BRICS stays together since historically they all hate each other and kill each other".

I don’t see the BRICS alliance lasting.

They’ve long hated each other—and none survive without selling to the United States. pic.twitter.com/0vqNq8fZaE — Peter Navarro (@RealPNavarro) September 8, 2025

His remarks came after Brazil hosted the BRICS virtual summit on Monday. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who represented India at the virtual summit, said that News Delhi's message was that BRICS should work towards stabilising the international economy, address the impact of ongoing conflicts on the Global South and proactively support reforming multilateralism

The Trump aide also took a dig at the India-China ties and claimed that the countries have been 'at war for decades'. "India, of course, is at war with China for decades ... It was China that gave Pakistan a nuclear bomb. You got ships flying around the Indian Ocean now with Chinese flags. Modi, see how you kind of worked that out," he added.

Navarro went on to say that Russia is in 'bed with China'.  He then claimed that "Beijing has its sights on the Russian port of Vladivostok and is already colonising Siberia, which is the biggest land mass of the Russian semi-empire through massive illegal immigration ... So good luck with that, Putin," he added.

BRICS originally comprised Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa but in 2024 the grouping expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and UAE. The latest to join BRICS is Indonesia.

Earlier, Navarro hit out at India over Russian oil purchase. He claimed that India buys Russian oil purely to "feed Russia's war machine", accusing it of indirectly supporting Moscow's war in Ukraine.

He had even described the Ukraine-Russia conflict as "Modi's war" and alleged that New Delhi is fuelling Russia's war economy. The Trump aide has often criticised India's continued purchase of Russian oil at discounted rates.

"Everybody in America loses because of what India is doing. The consumers and businesses and everything lose, and workers lose because India’s high tariffs cost us jobs, and factories, and income and higher wages. And then the taxpayers lose because we got to fund Modi’s war," he added.