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5. True. The Argentine bailout may have saved that little narco Milei's ass (for now) - but it'll cost the GOP's theirs

Reply to bronxiteforever (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 18, 2025, 01:50 PM

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Milei - it should be noted - shares at a lawyer with Argentina's top drug trafficker:

The recently-extradited Fred Machado - who owned a fleet of small planes in tiny Onalaska, TX (a dusty little town with more planes than people).

But the media pretends Trump actually cares about "drugs coming into out country."

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