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Oct 15, 2025 10:24 PM
HastyPuddingPops
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Blue sky https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3m3ba2npvg22k
kahlas
Well we know where some of that Dodge money is going now.
153LegacyTree
will also create more inflation
Marsupialmessiah
Its argentina, has reset their currency 4 times in the past 30 years, and kirchner still not behind bars, she stole the entire gdp of the whole fucking country in cash and that still finding "buried treasures" and we give them another 20 billion? Btw kirchner still in govt as a senator, they still for this bs... no wonder drumpf would bail them out, hes related to this shit!
KevinStrexcorp
Ah, an aficionado of the Boris Johnson school of personal grooming
nelllybellly1
Money to prop up right wing authoritarianism while making sure wealthy USA corporations and individuals don't lose money on their investments there. Socialize risk, capitalize profit despite Argentina's history of defaulting on loans.
Daliena06
Literally to prop up right wing authoritarianism, and not even making the slightest attempt to hide it - Trump has publicly stated that the bailout is contingent on the current right-wing ruling party winning the upcoming elections.
"Kick out the insane libertarian who's burning the country down, and you can kiss goodbye to the bailout meant to stabilize your economy!"
JackieTreehornProductions
TREASON - arrest the entire regime
leviaton
37 billion a year would solve WORLD HUNGER
wseslar
Funny how we keep sending money to the country the Nazis fled to after ww2
PedroBenecol
maybe trump wants to secure a retirement home for himself.
stryhf
ActionJohnnie
They went to the US and made rockets 🚀
FTUG
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shitheadtookmyname
Libertarians be like we want small government... Plus free money from an enormous government
yeahhedugit
Proping up Argentina so Trump's hedge fund buddies don't lose money?
ulfgarBentbeak
That and Milei is a right-wing populist in the same vein as Trump. Other countries following the same path (and succeeding) is seen as an implicit endorsement of other's of their kind. It's why the Nazi's and Italians got in bed together in the 1930s, and why both helped Spain's Franco. It was seen as a way to strengthen the perception of their own rule at home.
OrionJC
To be clear this is less about supporting Argentina as it is a bailout of the libertarian investment bros here in the US that poured money into the county when they thought their guy was going to bring about a libertarian miracle and transform Argentina's economy.
m0problems
mrthewhitee
This needs to be plastered on billboards all across the country, especially in every farm county.
Comet260
Dude, US farmers can't read.
awkungen42
Don't worry, well devalue the dollar to set up fascism across the world. Don't expect to be able to retire on your savings anymore.
1mshadowbanned
I thought the free hand of the market was supposed to take care of everything?
hitdog42
For a libertarian, he sure likes handouts. Oh yeah, nevermind, hypocrisy is kind of their thing.
Jsupes
Good thing Musk saved us all this couple million from USAID and others. That’ll really offset the billions in wasted spending
soulessdrake
So a couple of funny things about this that I heard today (haven't verified, take with a grain of salt.) is that all this money is predicated on him winning. No winning, no money. Also, that even with the money his polling is still down and not going the way he wants it to.
chata954
rump was always going to keep using us like his own personal piggy bank, and his goons support just that
MusicPenguin
Those huge sums are going to cause a severe shock on markets all across LATAM - Argentina, happy that it doesn't have any obligations, is going to try and extend its alliances. Other countries are going to copy and install right wing clowns so their kleptocracy can also benefit from the largess of the monster in charge, and all that money is going to fuel repression and spending in "national security" - that is, armies and secret police used for repression and the old torture.
ulfgarBentbeak
unlikely. The reason Argentina even needs this second infusion of cash is because they are dumping it all buying their own pesos on the open market to try and keep their currency from devaluing. It's not working, as the peso continues to fall. Argentina has been trying to keep the peso artificially high. The "official" rate was something like 700 pesos per dollar, while the "black market" rate (the actual rate) was closer to 1000 per dollar. They gave up, but sentiment is still crashing the peso
fartharder
IHateItH3r3
well ya nazis want it to be nice there when they have to flee the country
drhobotron
Who'd have suspected that libertarian fuckwits would require socialism while pushing austerity on everyone else? Well, other than all economists ever.
GlenL
We always knew the US government loved toppling socialist governments in south America, didn't know they also loved propping up fascist ones
ktoo
As a tax payer in the US, I didn’t agree to this bullshit
HitandRyan
"America First" was always "America Last."
mercure
Make Argentina Great Again = MAGA
FortifiedWhine
*Me, first (Being rich, white Republican men)
ghostalker
Their definition of "America" is different from yours.
ChucKTheCanadian
trump is just trying to help the farmers /s
UserSubLurkerMan
Don't forget the $20 billion in soy Argentina just sold to China instead of China buying it from US farmers. Oh, and Argentina never paid back its foreign debts and defaulted on its international sovereign debt nine times. Just saying.
YouRadicalizedMe
HeywouldJablowme
This is Trump propping up a fellow dictator and idiot
bourbonandbaddecisions
Sounds like an investment a guy who bankrupt multiple casinos would make.
khora
Amazingly Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world 100 years ago.
CitizenPrime
The fact it happened 9 times, it's the lenders problem
Liott156
Not paying back debts make Melei the kind of fella Trump can relate to.
Hexidimentional
as i understand how all this works, the usa is basically buying 20b$ worth of argentenian debt, not just giving them 20b$, but argentina has defaulted on their debts 9 times?!
Bollramm
I thought they're buying argentinian currency for uc dollars 2bn worth
UserSubLurkerMan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_debt_restructuring
SackTheRipper
That's how you bankrupt multiple casinos.
KarateCanine
Read about the US court decision that caused the last one in 2014. And then read about the dotcom scams that busted them in 2001, and where were those sitcoms based? And people say China is doing debt trap diplomacy ...
ulfgarBentbeak
Argentina was already in a recession from 1998-2001, And they recovered back into growth in 2002. They didn't lose their shirts in the Dot Com bubble. The 2014 court case was Argentina trying to decide which of it's debtor's to pay, and which not to pay. If you don't pay your debts, you are in default. Argentina was going to see a market crash in 2014 when they refused to honor their debts, regardless of if the courts allowed them to be selective about repayment.
SpamYarBlockers
Actually, the us is buying the Argentinian election. With great expected return on investment for Trump and bessent
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
They are literally the worst country to loan money to. Like, NK would be a better choice.
Kiares
Laughs in Greek.
MotoCanuck
BUT HAVE YOU SEEN THE RACETRACK WE BUILT?!
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
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stryhf
Greece has actually got some of their shit in order (some how!)
https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2025-04-11/exclusive-greece-to-repay-first-bailout-loans-by-2031-10-years-early