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peppertree

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2. The second time in 7 years, that Trump uses someone else's money to bail out a RW Argentine regime

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 02:32 PM

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In 2018/19, he forced the IMF (long a neo-con slush fund) to lend his old pal Macri $45 billion - of which 80% was later found to have financed rapid dollarizing and offshoring by both local elites and foreign speculators.

Amid a deep recession, Macri lost the 2019 election anyway - leaving Argentina with the (unpayable) tab. And now, this.

Trump's Argentine obsession has cost those poor dolts down there as much as anyone.

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