Why Is Trump Bailing Out Argentina's President Milei While Firing Thousands of Workers in U.S.?

[Uncle Joe]

We speak to Argentine journalist Pablo Calvi about the U.S. government's multibillion-dollar bailout for Argentina, which could grow from $20 billion to $40 billion as Argentina is rocked by an ongoing economic crisis. "I don't see that the bailout would benefit the Argentine people or the American people, for that matter," says Calvi. Instead, he believes the tech industry will reap the financial rewards from its ties to U.S. President Trump and his ally, far-right Argentine President Javier Milei, who attended the conservative CPAC conference in the U.S., where he gifted billionaire Elon Musk a chain saw.

[SheltieLover]

1. Great question!

[no_hypocrisy]

2. If the International Monetary Fund won't help,

there’s something wrong, very wrong.

[ret5hd]

3. Argentina is an escape plan maybe.

they’re good at nazi hiding.

[Silent Type]

4. Totally agree with point. But it's crazy that Democrats are now the ones critical of foreign aid. Personally, I think

trump and his henchmen are trying to befriend a country so that they can escape there when we run them out like the Nazis. They were considering Greenland, but that interest has apparently faded.

[genxlib]

5. They want Milei to succeed (or least survive the next election)

Because he represents the Right's wet dream of anti-government, libertarian slash-and-burn politics

[Walleye]

6. Trump is treating the US treasury like it's his own money

And with his money, he goes around, trying to buy friends. He has such a simplistic mind. We shouldn’t assign him any complex motivations. He loves the idea of picking winners and losers