Trump’s generosity to Argentina has caught the attention of trade partners and U.S. ranchers

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    15 hours ago

    My theory is that he’s not smart enough to strategically build partnerships or relationships with countries. He is rewarding individuals in power that he admires or thinks have shown loyalty to him.

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    17 hours ago

    Isn’t that where nazis ran to the first time the shit hit the fan? Probably just reserving a spot.

  • 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca
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    11 hours ago

    when the argentinian leader did that video where he rips off labels from a board, i suspected he was on coke 100%

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    18 hours ago

    Because Argentina is the prototype for colonial power they want for the rest of latin America, the US has always supported right wing government that opress the population in favor of US corporations, this is a new wave of open Colonialism.

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    16 hours ago

    Hum… Trump has been throwing lavish praise on Brazil too recently.

    He may have discovered that the US can’t stay rich by isolating themselves. But he has been praising countries that are mostly economic competitors, instead of customers or suppliers. I don’t understand how he thinks.

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      14 hours ago

      I would think our competitors are the most likely people to give him something under the table to buy him off. What does he care to do it anyways?

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        6 hours ago

        I don’t think on this specific case anybody has given him anything.

        Again, I don’t really understand anything about what he’s thinking. But on the case of Argentina the money seems to be flowing the other way around, and on the case of Brazil the president would reap lots of benefits if Trump antagonized him further.

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      17 hours ago

      Something tells me you don’t really understand south american geography

      It’s closer for the Americans to sail on down to Venezuela than for the Argentinians to do anything.

      … Granted, there’s like a dozen south american countries the gringos still have a chance to fuck up.

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        10 hours ago

        Bah there’s only two countries between them. Next you’re gonna tell me Canada and Guatemala are far apart or Poland and North Korea

        Edit, I’m dumb, Venezuela borders Brazil

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            10 hours ago

            Yeah, Poland to North Korea was just the most extreme case I could find. With direct distance from Warsaw to Pyongyang is 7556km, there is no driving option, while Caracas to Buenos Aries is 5101km. All three of these cases are most of a hemisphere, including inhospitable terrain.

            And for comparison, direct route from Caracas to Washington DC is 3316km. We have a naval station in Virginia, as well as one in Florida (also one in Illinois which would be way more amusing if we hadn’t just torpedoed our relationship with Canada). San Juan, Puerto Rico, a place where all people born are full US citizens is 890km from Caracas.