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Can’t Afford Groceries? Don’t Worry, Argentina is Getting a Bailout
While U.S. civilians struggle to make ends meet, the White House is offering aid to a foreign country that is also struggling after Trump-like austerity measures were enacted
There are obvious reasons why people, such as President Donald Trump, his White House staff, and his cronies, like Elon Musk, admire Javier Milei, the Argentine president. Milei, like El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, has implemented policies that are popular with the billionaires Trump has surrounded himself with, but not so popular with the people. Milei went all out in the same way Trump has, attacking Argentina’s education system, seniors’ pensions, and many social programs, including those that protect women, the LGBTQ community, and Indigenous people.
At the beginning of Trump’s current term, he employed Musk to target aid programs that assist the poor and needy, both domestically and internationally. Milei did the same thing, which is why Musk is an avid fan of Milei’s libertarian austerity measures. One could argue that this is where Musk and his advisors derived their ideas, which have led to mass firings, the shutdown of essential services, and a more isolationist approach to foreign policy. Despite…
