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It will be damn hard to get Bessent or close sources to him to confirm it.

Sometimes you have to go by circumstantial evidence which, in this case, is quite clear: Rob Citrone helped Bessent to make a lot of money, Citrone is deeply invested in Argentinian bonds and overall economy; Bessent controls the US purse, we can be very suspicious about this move since it doesn't make any sense for the US to burn money to help bail out Argentina.

If you have a better theory for why this was done it might help reduce the suspicious nature of it. Just calling "there are no sources" doesn't.



Sure! The US sees Milei as an ally. The US likes having allies.

So the US lends $40B to Argentina as a backstop to their currency controls.

That seems like a much more reasonable scenario than Bessent convincing Trump to use money to help his investing buddy?




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