Trump has promised $20 billion to Milei, the president of Argentina.

A very strange move, because Argentina is now one of the problems for the US.

The country has made deals with China and now mainly sells its agricultural products to China, while China no longer buys those products from the US.

So Trump is supporting a competitor at the expense of his own farmers!

That's not America First!

Why?

Perhaps because Milei is the perfect example for Trump. Milei did what Trump wanted to do. Milei turned the entire Argentine government upside down. He fired a huge number of civil servants and created a fantastic playing field for the wealthy and large corporations. After all, firing civil servants has also disrupted tax collection. Large corporations pay virtually no taxes there anymore. That is part of the problems Milei is now facing.

Moreover, Milei is also starting to lose his followers.

Milei's mistake is that he became the enemy of the government. A government you need to raise taxes. A government you need to keep people and businesses in line. A government that can regulate certain services properly and effectively because it's not trying to drive profit. People in Argentina now realize that in some respects he's gone way too far.

But Trump, who misses his buddy Epstein dearly, sees Milei as a new friend. Someone who did from the heart what Trump did only out of hatred. Trump will save his new buddy, whatever the cost to US farmers. There's not much logic in that. Trump has few friends. If he has one, he's fiercely loyal to that friend.

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