The IMF affair is turning into a scandal...

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.reddit.com/r/InBitcoinWeTrust/comments/1ow08k9/the_imf_affair_is_turning_into_a_scandal_trump/



The IMF affair is turning into a scandal...

Trump withdrew $870 million from the US account at the IMF, which then miraculously appeared in Argentina's account.

This is convenient because Argentina owed $840 million to the IMF.

Why is this a problem?

If the US wants to give this sum to Argentina, it must go through a mandatory vote in Congress!

[spanone]

1. trmp does not believe in America's laws. Never has, never will.

[PatSeg]

15. Laws are for 'suckers and losers'

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He thinks he is above all that like some American royalty. Of course, he believes in enforcing the law when it is against his enemies.

[rubbersole]

20. Even "enforcing" laws that weren't even broken.

You're so right about him thinking he's royalty. The crowned fighter jet pilot dumping shit on protesters is impeachable by itself. I've got this feeling king donnie is going to have a load of shit dumped on his Burger King crown 👑 pretty soon.

[PatSeg]

22. Yep, making it up as he goes

I agree, I think we are finally seeing the end of his lawless rampage as the Madness of King Donnie is becoming apparent to everyone.

[Paper Roses]

2. After 40 Billion...how low will ge go? n/t

[sop]

3. From the Buenos Aires Times: 'Bessent steps in to protect profits of friendly investors in Argentina'

"US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent comes to the rescue of hedge funds including BlackRock, Fidelity, Pimco and Discovery Capital Management, all of which bought Argentine bonds. Several fund managers share a professional past with the US official."

"US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s intervention in Argentina seems aimed more at saving his friends than at helping the nation, at least one leading economist has alleged."

"Several hedge funds with past professional ties to the Treasury Secretary hold major positions in Argentine bonds. Washington’s US$20-billion swap package seeks to shield their returns."

"According to The New York Times, the financial assistance will benefit 'investment firms such as BlackRock, Fidelity and Pimco, which are heavily invested in Argentina, as well as investors like Stanley Druckenmiller and Robert Citrone, who worked with Bessent when he was investing for George Soros.' "

"Specifically, Argentina faces debt payments in January and July next year amounting to roughly US$8.5 billion in bonares and globales bonds, with 85 percent believed to be in private hands."

"Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has written two articles about Bessent’s proposed rescue plan. In a recent blog post, he noted that 'some US hedge-fund billionaires, personally close to Bessent, bet big on Milei and bought Argentine bonds.' "

“ 'The bailout package almost surely won’t succeed in turning Argentina’s economy around and probably won’t rescue Milei politically. But it may buy enough time for Bessent’s buddies to get much of their money out before the bottom falls out of the Argentine economy,' Krugman adds."

https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/economy/bessent-steps-in-to-protect-profits-of-friendly-investors-in-argentina.phtml

[erronis]

7. Yup - Bessent just wanted to get enough US$ into Argentina so his wealthy buddies could pull out.

There's something about Milton Friedman and his rapist economics as detailed by Naomi Klein in Shock Doctrine.

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is a 2007 book by Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein. In the book, Klein argues that neoliberal economic policies promoted by Milton Friedman and the Chicago school of economics have risen to global prominence because of a deliberate strategy she calls "disaster capitalism". In this strategy, political actors exploit the chaos of natural disasters, wars, and other crises to push through unpopular policies such as deregulation and privatization. This economic "shock therapy" favors corporate interests while disadvantaging and disenfranchising citizens when they are too distracted and overwhelmed to respond or resist effectively. The book challenges the narrative that free market capitalist policies have been welcomed by the inhabitants of regions where they have been implemented, and it argues that several man-made events, including the Iraq War, were intentionally undertaken with the goal of pushing through these unpopular policies in their wake.

[summer_in_TX]

23. Important book. My dad, then in his eighties, bought each one of his five adult children a copy.

Wow. Unforgettable.

[malaise]

26. Ding ding we have a winner

Rec

[BattleRow]

8. Thank you for this.

[progressoid]

4. Anyone have an account with the Finacial Times?

https://www.ft.com/content/273085f7-90e7-4187-b30d-5fac132147b5

[erronis]

9. No, but it is archived here.

https://archive.ph/zwu2u

[progressoid]

11. Thanks!

[bronxiteforever]

5. Kick and recommend for visibility. While

Trump tried to starve Americans.

[Buddyzbuddy]

6. His army, his lawyers, his money.

[JI7]

10. He is getting money himself from these things

[Justice matters.]

30. $30 Millions cut.

$870,000,000.00
- 840,000,000.00

[DFW]

31. Well, after all, at one point, Trump wasn't going to tax tips

Why should he tax his own tips if he isn’t going to rax anyont else’s tips?

[peppertree]

32. In Argentina, it's common knowledge that Milei's sister (and witch doctor), Karina, takes a 3% cut on federal contracts

That might account for the $30 million.

[Justice matters.]

35. Nah. I think it's the piggy conman's cut.

Never enough corruption for him and his henchmen.

[peppertree]

36. True. I can just hear him now...

"Whut? $30 million!? Screw your sister, Javier! ... I mean: not literally, 'cause she's one scary-looking hag ... I wouldn't look at her even if she was 13, just so you know."

[Hotler]

12. Everybody is afraid to stand up to him.

[Cha]

13. Lawless New Nazi is Stealing Hundreds of Millions $$$$ from

Americans to Give to Fucking Argentina

[Orrex]

14. Why doesn't he just fucking die?

[Moostache]

16. Hey look on the bright side...

He is making the list of places to go to extradite his worthless ass for the human rights abuse trials easy for us.

[ashredux]

17. It's actually rather simple..... The administration is just a bunch of fucking crooks.

[Bread and Circuses]

18. I bet money has been disappearing since DOGE broke in and their draining accounts everywhere

[Six117]

19. Just can not NOT do crime

To no one's surprise.

[flashman13]

21. You are so old school. Congress had to approve when we were a nation of laws. SCOTUS told Trump

he could do anything he wanted to do as long as it was official. Seems we are now a nation of rule by an orange criminal.

Congress has essentially neutered itself. It does look like pedophilia could be a bridge too far.

[Aussie105]

24. Got to ask . . .

Is Trump being nice to Argentina so one day he can go live there?

Lots of elderly WW2 German ex-pats living there, so I'm told.

[Fullduplexxx]

27. Trump plans to run to argentina after his reign of terror is over in the u.s.

Probably

[LymphocyteLover]

29. Like all old Nazis... and the sooner the better

[LymphocyteLover]

28. LOCK THIS CORRUPT MF-ER UP ALREADY!

[Martin Eden]

33. Impeachable HIGH CRIME

He has so many of those, no need to bother with misdemeanors.

[ChicagoTeamster]

34. Has anyone in Congress or on the news mentioned this?

Was this done during the shutdown? If so, MAGA should be complaining like crazy about US funds allocated against them.