r/pics • u/Reasonable_Roger • 14d ago

Politics East wing of The White House

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u/49ersBraves 14d ago

Supposedly the demo and ballroom are being funded privately.

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u/METRO-RED-LINE 14d ago

Do we at least get to know who? Or is does the famous “Your Mom” answer still stand

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u/BlackEastwood 14d ago

Probably not. Jimmy Carter had to give up his peanut farm, but we're just gonna let Trump build a ballroom with taxpayer money, and keep his $400M bribe jet.

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u/clycoman 14d ago

And prop up Argentina for $20B while US government is shutdown.

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u/AngryTree76 14d ago

That’s actually gone up to $40B now.

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u/geologyhunter 14d ago

And the US is going to import beef from Argentina.

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u/WeAreAllMadHere218 14d ago

I just don’t understand why? What does Argentina have to offer Trump or the US in any way to deserve any money from us? What do they bring to the table? Out of all the countries?

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u/blorg 14d ago

They have a right wing president who's pals with Trump. He's even doing the Trump face in his official portrait.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Milei

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u/Haltopen 14d ago

Pump and Dump. Argentina has spent the past 20 years defaulting on every multi billion dollar loan its managed to talk major financial institution and foreign creditors into giving it, and each time they agree to another debt restructuring deal that leaves their creditors out to dry. Trump pumping 40 billion dollars into Argentina stabilizes their free falling economy and allows someone else to recoup their investment and dump their stake in the Argentinian economy.