Thursday, October 16, 2025

U.S. Working to Double Argentina Bailout to $40 Billion

The "America first" president is giving another country twice as much money as previously announced.

Posted by retort at 11:58 AM | 40 COMMENTS | permalink

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Trump doubling the bailout to Argentina to $40 BILLION (while they steal market from our farmers and Americans lose health care)[image or embed]

-- The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) Oct 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM

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Like ol' bozo says: this is what Amerikka voted for.

#1 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-10-16 07:49 AM

This is the money that could save our American farmers, whom Trump's government actually admits are on the edge of going down.

Crazy or evil? Trump is both. We are getting the horrific national outcomes that were PREDICTED months before the last presidential election. We are getting ALL of them.

Trump doesn't know what he's doing. His solution to the mistakes he's making will be aggression.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-16 08:02 AM

So the US cannot afford college loan relief, food stamps, housing assistance, universal health care, etc but it can afford to bailout billionaire investors in Argentina.

The problem isn't that we cannot afford these things, it is that we cannot satiate the greed of the oligarchy.

Tear it all the ---- down.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-10-16 08:05 AM

Some folks are gonna make a fortune off of this.
A whole lot more are going to get ripped off.
Trump knows his farmer constituency has already sold its soul for soybeans.

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-10-16 08:16 AM

To any out there thinking about resisting this insanity, do it now while resistance is legal.

Trump's political machinations combined with his perverse incompetence have created the situation where he HAS to seize total control to survive.

There's no rocket science to this. Trump will do what he must not to lose this zero-sum game he's started with his own country. Those who doubt it are in denial or complicit.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-16 08:18 AM

Bailout capitalist Argentina and bomb Socialist Venezuela? It's on point for the MIC and the greedy bloodsuckers.

#6 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-10-16 09:09 AM

Who will bail us out when Trump's economy implodes?

#7 | Posted by qcp at 2025-10-16 09:48 AM

"Tear it all the ---- down."

This is exactly the response they wanted from you.

#8 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-10-16 09:49 AM

Laura- I think Rcade gets tired of banning the same people. It's like whack-a-mole.

#9 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-16 09:49 AM

"Who will bail us out when Trump's economy implodes?"

Probably the Saudis. Again.

#10 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-10-16 09:50 AM

Don't cry for me, Argentina
The truth is, I never left you
All through my wild days, my mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance

#11 | Posted by 2020Rocks at 2025-10-16 10:02 AM

Raise your hand if you are happy to see the tariffs you are paying going to propping up a failed state?

#12 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-10-16 10:44 AM

This is a dictatorship.
Trump is directly trying to bribe Argentina...all at the expense of Americans!
This is not a national security issue.
This isn't an economic issue for our enrichment.

And the sniveling coward sin the House and Senate GOP will do nothing.
I pray every day for Trumop's death. He will destroy the country completely by 2028 if he doesn't stroke out before then.

#13 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-10-16 10:59 AM

Raise your hand if you are happy to see the tariffs you are paying going to propping up a failed state?

#12 | POSTED BY JOHNNY_HOTSAUCE

While we are at it raise your other hand if you have a valid reason to attack Venezuela.

#14 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-16 11:32 AM

Will this affect the hundreds of billions we've been sending to the Ukraine or Iran "pallets-o-cash"? (It's a currency swap)

#15 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-10-16 01:02 PM

This is not going to play well during the shutdown, not when government employees are going without pay and millions are on the verge of losing their healthcare coverage. Trump appears to be putting the welfare of Argentinians ahead of Americans, all in an attempt to keep Milei in office.

I'm sure that this issue will be revisited during the upcoming mid-term elections, and perhaps even sooner during the various off-year elections being held less than a month from now.

OCU

P.S. My wife and I have already voted (we deposited our ballots in a drop-box this past Sunday and we've already been notified that our ballots have been collected, verified and that they will be counted) in California's 'Prop 50' special election.

#16 | Posted by OCUser at 2025-10-16 01:17 PM

I pray every day for Trumop's death.

#13 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-10-16 10:59 AM | Reply | Flag

Thanks for telling us who you really are... I guess

#17 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-16 01:24 PM

The disgusting------------- is going to Hungary to get a performance review from his boss.

thehill.com

#18 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-16 01:40 PM

...telling us who you really are...
#17 | Posted by lfthndthrds

A patriotic American who hates fascist dictator wannabes?
Too bad you aren't the same.

#19 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-10-16 02:07 PM

Thanks for telling us who you really are... I guess

#17 | Posted by lfthndthrds

A patriot.

#20 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-10-16 02:27 PM

Trump appears to be putting the welfare of Argentinians ahead of Americans, all in an attempt to keep Milei in office.
- qcp

Yes, you need to understand what's at play, a bigger picture.

Melei Argentina is in the western hemisphere, and also a great trading partner with the US. Should socialist become President this all goes to China

Reading Chinese news, they a basically salivating that Argentina can't be helped and will suggest letting China "help" them. Fishing rights will be allowed. If you don't understand the global situation and are playing the jingoistic politics America will lose South America.

As Lee stated Venezuela is already leaning towards China.

#21 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-10-16 03:06 PM

A patriot.
#20 | Posted by SpeakSoftly

Please explain how the act is Patriotic, and include how the process of electing a President is faulty to the point the process needs to be ignored in such a manner.

I just don't understand this Lumper attitude.

#22 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-10-16 03:08 PM

"Bigger picture"?
There's a lot of shady money to be made here.
And you can bet it is being made.
By crooks.
And that who's running the US government, a convicted felon and other bent types.
You really ought to try and make more of an effort to keep up.

#23 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-10-16 03:13 PM

Can it be a coincidence that Argentina is where the Nazis fled to after WWII?

#24 | Posted by qcp at 2025-10-16 03:22 PM

Trump doesn't know what he's doing.

#2 | Posted by Zed

I disagree. I think Trump knows exactly what he's doing, on Putin's behalf.

#25 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-10-16 03:36 PM

I pray every day for Trumop's death. He will destroy the country completely by 2028 if he doesn't stroke out before then.

#13 | Posted by e1g1

First, I think you give Trump far more credit than he deserves for what's going on.

Second, his death alone isn't likely to make much difference. If you cut off the head of this snake, it will simply grow another head.

#26 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-10-16 03:41 PM

Make Argentina Great Again!

#27 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-10-16 03:43 PM

"Can it be a coincidence that Argentina is where the Nazis fled to after WWII?"

Argentina, with itsestablished German population and community and a Nazi-sympathetically inclined Peronist government was pretty much it. (The fascist strain lingers long and strong in Argentina.). I don't know if the fugitives looked into South Africa or our own Dixielandia, but Argentina seems to have worked out pretty well for them. With a few notable exceptions, e.g. Eichmann.

#28 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-10-16 03:45 PM


Elizabeth Warren Says Trump Is Giving $20 Billion To Argentina While Americans Can't Afford Groceries: Calls Out Bailout For 'Wall Street Hedge Funds'
finance.yahoo.com

... This Is A Lifeline For Scott Bessent's Hedge Fund Buddies'

Last week, economist Paul Krugman criticized the bailout in his newsletter for the same reason, saying that it was primarily aimed at rescuing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's "hedge fund buddies."

He said that the administration wants to protect the interests of hedge fund billionaire Rob Citrone, the co-founder of Discover Capital Management, and a longtime associate of Bessent. According to Krugman, Citrone and his fund are heavily invested in Argentine assets.

"U.S. taxpayer money is propping up the peso, allowing hedge funders to sell their Argentine assets at inflated prices, after which the peso will promptly fall again," he said. ...


#29 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-16 03:54 PM

#28: I don't know if the fugitives looked into South Africa or our own Dixielandia, but Argentina seems to have worked out pretty well for them. With a few notable exceptions, e.g. Eichmann.

The South African military under Jan Smuts fought against the Third Reich as part of the British Commonwealth, so the chances of escaped Nazis making their way there were slimmer, but not impossible. Rightwing members of the Catholic Church provided much of the ratline support for the fleeing Nazis, especially Spain and Croatia. Coincidentally, apartheid would be formalized in Suid-Afrika in 1948, the same year Israel was created.

Links:

web.archive.org

web.archive.org

#30 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-16 04:00 PM

Elizabeth Warren Says Trump Is Giving $20 Billion To Argentina While Americans Can't Afford Groceries:

She's wrong.

It's $40 billion.

"---- you America!"
-Trump and the Republican Party

MAGA could easily stand for "Make Argentina Great Again."

Because clearly nothing the Trump administration is doing is making America great.

Maybe we need another round of tax cuts for billionaires.

#31 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-16 04:02 PM

Please explain how the act is Patriotic, and include how the process of electing a President is faulty to the point the process needs to be ignored in such a manner.

I just don't understand this Lumper attitude.

#22 | Posted by oneironaut

Someone who attempted to overthrow american democracy because he lost an election is a traitor. And patriots oppose traitors. Anyone who gives a ---- about the constitution is steadfastly opposed to the guy who attempted a coup.

Is that simple enough for you?

#32 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-10-16 05:38 PM

- Is that simple enough for you?

You might try sign language... I mean actual signs. Like billboards and such. Perhaps skywriting?
In Chinese?

#33 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-16 05:48 PM

It funny to me ... ya'll upset over $20-40Billion to help a country.

But you don't care about :

U.S. Attorney General Bill Essayli announces California mishandled MILLIONS of Federal Tax Dollars meant for Homeless housing.
One guy used $2.1 MILLION to pay his American Express Credit Card

Lumpers are so funny.

#34 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-10-16 07:42 PM


Someone who attempted to overthrow american democracy because he lost an election is a traitor. And patriots oppose traitors. Anyone who gives a ---- about the constitution is steadfastly opposed to the guy who attempted a coup.
~ Sychophant

This is an opinion. Please let me know when opinion is proven, otherwise its just coming out of your ass.

Or do you just disregard the law? you know... like fascist do?

#35 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-10-16 07:44 PM


You might try sign language... I mean actual signs. Like billboards and such. Perhaps skywriting?
In Chinese?
#33 | POSTED BY CORKY

Given that I actually read English and Chinese, his simple explanation is ---- drying out sitting in the sun, with you drooling over it.

#36 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-10-16 07:45 PM

Strange month ... gold is soaring, everything is stagnant
But the US just posted a surplus of +$198 Billion for the month of September.

Total Receipts: $544B
Total Outlays: $346B

$30 Billion in tariffs collected.

#37 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-10-16 07:50 PM

RUNT worships the------------ who incited an insurrection and is decimating the economy.

#38 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-16 07:50 PM

- ---- drying out sitting in the sun, with you drooling over it.

You have weird hobbies... you do understand that that originated in your head and then you projected it outwards on someone else, right?

#39 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-16 08:10 PM

This is an opinion. Please let me know when opinion is proven, otherwise its just coming out of your ass.

Or do you just disregard the law? you know... like fascist do?

#35 | Posted by oneironaut

Yes fascists do disregard the law - like the law that says insurrectionists can't run for president.

#40 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-10-17 01:58 PM

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