{"id":68117,"date":"2025-10-26T13:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68117"},"modified":"2025-10-29T02:16:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:16:48","slug":"whut-trumps-treasury-secretary-says-a-40-billion-bailout-of-argentina-is-america-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68117","title":{"rendered":"WHUT? Trump’s Treasury Secretary Says a $40 Billion Bailout of Argentina is…’America First’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the beginning of his political career, Donald Trump has been chanting the slogan “America First!”<\/em> that he lifted from an early 1900s movement<\/a><\/strong> that was associated with anti-Semitism, fascism, and a campaign to prevent the United States from getting involved in World War II and the fight against Hitler and the Nazis.<\/p>\n

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Trump’s adoption (aka theft) of the phrase was, therefore, consistent with its historical context. And he used it for much the same purpose. Which was to rile up bigoted nationalists and to foment hatred for anyone not belonging to the white, Christian majority in the U.S. It was less a call for national pride than an alarm warning of foreign usurpers. No less a conservative icon than former Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell sounded that alarm…<\/p>\n

SEE THIS: Antifa Mitch McConnell Warns that Trump 2.0 and \u2018America First\u2019 are Like the Third Reich<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Sunday morning Trump’s Treason …er… Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, sought to add a new wrinkle to the definition of what“America First”<\/em> means. During an interview on NBC with Kirsten Welker, Bessent was asked about Trump’s recent $40 billion gift to his pal Javier Milei, the current totalitarian leader of Argentina…<\/p>\n

Welker:<\/strong> Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, I’ll read a little bit of what she wrote. She says “Americans are getting decimated with high cost of living and skyrocketing insurance costs. Many of them have zero savings and some are maxing out credit cards to survive. Tell me how it\u2019s America First to bailout a foreign country with $20 or even $40 BILLION taxpayer dollars.” How is this move America First, Mr. Secretary?
\nBessent:<\/strong> Well, Kristen, it is America First because we are supporting a U.S. ally…and we want to set the tone in Latin America. Because look at what’s going on in Venezuela.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Scott Bessent on the $20 billion bailout of Argentina: "It is America First because we are supporting a U.S. ally."<\/p>\n

— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com)<\/a> 2025-10-26T16:24:45.058Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n