The Trump administration is bailing out Argentina in a move critics are saying has more to do with politics than economics or American interests.

That means $20 billion US taxpayer dollars will be used to bail out a country led by a close ally of President Donald Trump: chainsaw-wielding, libertarian Javier Milei.

The two men met on Tuesday at the White House for a bilateral meeting, where the discussion included the extraordinary bailout and tariffs, Trump said.

The bailout is “really meant to help a good financial philosophy” and “so we can help our neighbors,” Trump said during their meeting.

Meanwhile, the US federal government is nearing two weeks of being shut down and US businesses and industries continue to reel from Trump’s ongoing trade war.

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