Trump’s generosity to Argentina has caught the attention of trade partners and U.S. ranchers

  • Ilixtze@lemmy.ml
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    10 days ago

    Because Argentina is the prototype for colonial power they want for the rest of latin America, the US has always supported right wing government that opress the population in favor of US corporations, this is a new wave of open Colonialism.

  • BotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    You are all thinking way too hard about this. Trump’s understanding of geopolitics is not any more complicated than his understanding of American politics. Argentina is Texas. Canada is California. Reward red. Punish blue. That’s it.

  • marcos@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Hum… Trump has been throwing lavish praise on Brazil too recently.

    He may have discovered that the US can’t stay rich by isolating themselves. But he has been praising countries that are mostly economic competitors, instead of customers or suppliers. I don’t understand how he thinks.

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      10 days ago

      I would think our competitors are the most likely people to give him something under the table to buy him off. What does he care to do it anyways?

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        10 days ago

        I don’t think on this specific case anybody has given him anything.

        Again, I don’t really understand anything about what he’s thinking. But on the case of Argentina the money seems to be flowing the other way around, and on the case of Brazil the president would reap lots of benefits if Trump antagonized him further.

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    8 days ago

    That’s where they will all escape to, like their former brothers did back in the 1940’s.

  • 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca
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    10 days ago

    when the argentinian leader did that video where he rips off labels from a board, i suspected he was on coke 100%