{"id":3954,"date":"2025-10-28T17:48:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/democratic-senator-accuses-trump-of-buying-mileis-win-as-spat-over-bailout-grows\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:48:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:48:27","slug":"democratic-senator-accuses-trump-of-buying-mileis-win-as-spat-over-bailout-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/democratic-senator-accuses-trump-of-buying-mileis-win-as-spat-over-bailout-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic senator accuses Trump of \u2018buying\u2019 Milei\u2019s win as spat over bailout grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \t\t\t                       \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t President Javier Milei\u2019s landslide victory in Argentina\u2019s midterms is causing new rifts in the United States, as Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren accused President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent of \u201cbuying\u201d the election to benefit hedge funds via a multi-million dollar economic bailout.<\/p>\n<p>    \u201c[Bessent] and Donald Trump bought the election for your political ally in Argentina and made hedge fund investors richer,\u201d Warren posted Monday on X. \u201cWhen will working Americans get bailed out from your disastrous policies?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    You and Donald Trump bought the election for your political ally in Argentina and made hedge fund investors richer.<\/p>\n<p>When will working Americans get bailed out from your disastrous policies? https:\/\/t.co\/PjEZ9nWp2g<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) October 27, 2025    The war of words between began last week when Bessent called Warren an \u201cAmerican Peronist\u201d after she questioned President Donald Trump\u2019s controversial decision to provide a support package for the Argentine government. The economic lifeline included a US$40 billion bailout to help Milei stabilize the economy and strengthen his party\u2019s chances in\u00a0Sunday\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>    The bailout package has sparked harsh criticism both in Argentina and in the U.S. amid the government shutdown and Trump\u2019s healthcare and food aid cuts.<\/p>\n<p>    War of words    Bessent defended the financial aid for Argentina once again, saying that the U.S. government\u2019s support of Milei \u201ccreated hope for a private sector solution to ends decades of economic mismanagement and poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cWarren should be ashamed for trying to derail a better life for the most vulnerable citizens of a valuable US ally,\u201d Bessent wrote in an X post. He asked her to \u201cvote to reopen the government now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cOtherwise, both she and all of her fellow American Peronists in the US Senate will find themselves appropriately tagged as the Grinches who stole Thanksgiving\u201d from U.S. citizens \u201cwho are trying to provide for their families, travel, and be with loved ones this holiday season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    Just as @POTUS expanded the Republican Party to all working Americans, he is doing the same thing globally. The USA support of President @JMilei\u2019s Government created hope for a private sector solution to ends decades of economic mismanagement and poverty.@SenWarren should be\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) October 28, 2025    Last week, Bessent shared a post with what appeared to be an AI-generated image of the poster from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Evita, with Warren\u2019s face in the position of former First Lady Eva Per\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>    President Trump celebrated the results of Sunday\u2019s election on Monday, congratulating Milei and saying he had \u201ca lot of help\u201d thanks to his endorsement. He also gave credit to his cabinet or the result.<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cThat election made a lot of money for the United States,\u201d Trump added. \u201cThe bonds have gone up. The whole debt rating has gone up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Javier Milei\u2019s landslide victory in Argentina\u2019s midterms is causing new rifts in the United States, as Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren accused President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent of \u201cbuying\u201d the election to benefit hedge funds via a multi-million dollar economic bailout. \u201c[Bessent] and Donald Trump bought the election for your political ally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,813,81,61,82,306],"tags":[88,1558,596,89,100,904],"class_list":["post-3954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-donald-trump","category-elizabeth-warren","category-international-relations","category-javier-milei","category-scott-bessent","category-world","tag-donald-trump","tag-elizabeth-warren","tag-international-relations","tag-javier-milei","tag-scott-bessent","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}