Under Siege: Argentina’s President Drops His Chainsaw

Under siege: Argentina’s president drops his chainsaw

For a few months, our president was “the ‘golden boy’ of global politics”, said Agustino Fontevecchia in the Buenos Aires Times. An eccentric former TV pundit and devotee of the free market who owns five cloned dogs named after monetarist economists, Javier Milei is beloved by right-wingers for taking a “chainsaw” to government spending and regulation.Scenting bloodElon Musk has lauded him as a “beacon of hope”; Kemi Badenoch has held him up as …

UPDATE: Treasury Secretary pressed to justify Argentina bailout that benefits “wealthy American” investors

On Monday, Popular Information revealed that the Trump administration’s $20 billion bailout package for Argentina directly benefited Rob Citrone, a well-connected hedge fund billionaire. Citrone is a longtime friend of a former colleague of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who announced the package. (According to Citrone, he helped Bessent become wealthy when the two worked together for George Soros.) Citrone’s hedge fund, Discovery Capital, ha…