Trump is bailing out Argentina. What happened to ‘America first’?

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  You may be wondering why U.S. taxpayers are giving Argentina a $20 billion lifeline.

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  And maybe it's not just because of economics, but politics.

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  Okay, there is a video you all might have seen.

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  It went viral a few months back of Elon Musk during his Doge days.

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  He was on stage in front of a cheering audience wielding a chainsaw.

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  The chainsaw for bureaucracy.

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  Chainsaw!

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  It's an unsattled metaphor for slashing government spending.

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  And Musk didn't come up with it by himself.

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