{"id":2499037,"date":"2025-10-15T07:26:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-flip-america-first-script-on-gop-over-argentina-bailout\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T07:26:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:26:51","slug":"democrats-flip-america-first-script-on-gop-over-argentina-bailout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-flip-america-first-script-on-gop-over-argentina-bailout\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats flip \u2018America First\u2019 script on GOP over Argentina bailout"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-flip-america-first-script-on-gop-over-argentina-bailout%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2499037&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses how democrats are criticizing Republicans, especially former President Donald Trump, over a $20 billion bailout package for Argentina. Democrats argue that Republicans prioritize foreign bailouts over addressing domestic issues like healthcare costs and government shutdowns. This criticism leverages Trump&#8217;s &#8220;America First&#8221; policy rhetoric, framing the bailout as contradictory to his agenda. The financial aid,structured as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-makes-argentine-currency-swap-contingent-on-milei-win\/\" title=\"... on Milei win\">currency swap contingent<\/a> on the Argentine libertarian president Javier Milei winning upcoming elections,has sparked controversy. Democrats view it as harmful to American farmers and voters, especially as the government remains shut down due to disputes over extending Obamacare subsidies. Meanwhile, trump defends the bailout as supporting a favorable political philosophy in South America, asserting it benefits U.S. interests. The political debate over this issue is intensifying ahead of midterm elections, with Democrats attempting to challenge the funding and paint Republicans as neglecting domestic priorities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats flip &lsquo;America First&rsquo; script on Republicans over Argentina bailout<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2373146\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democrats are using a $20 billion lifeline to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/argentina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Argentina<\/a> to claim Republicans care more about bailing out foreign governments than helping Americans at home.<\/p>\n<p>The messaging, a riff on President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> &ldquo;America First&rdquo; policy agenda, intensified ahead of a White House visit by Argentinian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/javier-milei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Javier Milei<\/a> on Tuesday, where Trump said the United States would &ldquo;be there&rdquo; for Argentina, so long as Milei succeeds in midterm elections set to take place later this month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3848761\/john-thune-native-american-day\/\">Thune draws flak for &#8216;Native American Day&#8217; post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3848467\/senate-democrats-hold-luxury-fundraising-retreat-shutdown\/\">Senate Democrats ripped for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-demcrats-ripped-for-holding-luxury-fundraising-retreat-during-shutdown\/\" title=\"... Demcrats ripped for holding luxury fundraising retreat during ...\">holding luxury fundraising retreat<\/a> during shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3847556\/murphy-continues-shutdown-blame-game-confronted-over-past-comments\/\">Murphy continues shutdown blame game when confronted over past comments decrying &#8216;hostage&#8217; tactics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Democrats have variously framed the bailout as an affront to American farmers, as Argentina sells its soybean crops at &ldquo;manipulative prices&rdquo; to China, as well as average voters who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fear rising healthcare costs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The latter argument marks a new wrinkle in a shutdown fight with Republicans as Democrats demand an extension of premium Obamacare subsidies to reopen the government, which shuttered over the demands on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If this administration has $20 billion to spare for a MAGA-friendly foreign government, how can they say we don&rsquo;t have the money to lower healthcare costs?&rdquo; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3850137\/trump-argentina-currency-swap-contingent-javier-milei-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TRUMP MAKES ARGENTINE CURRENCY SWAP CONTINGENT ON MILEI WIN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Democratic talking point, made in the halls of Congress and a Democratic National Committee press call on Tuesday, reflects an attempt to turn Trump&rsquo;s signature policy doctrine against him.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has used the &ldquo;America First&rdquo; mantra to encapsulate his agenda, from a crackdown on illegal immigration to his demands that NATO contribute more to its own self-defense. But the financial assistance for Argentina, structured in the form of a currency swap, has torn at the president&rsquo;s MAGA support and frustrated business groups that noted Argentina, an agricultural rival, sold shipments of soybeans to China as talk of a bailout became public.<\/p>\n<p>Trump defended the economic package at the White House on Tuesday, arguing that the U.S. benefits from the Milei government staying in power. He represents a libertarian break from the socialist policies of other regional governments and has forged a closer relationship with the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just helping a great philosophy take over a great country,&rdquo; Trump told reporters. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have to do it. It&rsquo;s not going to make a big difference for our country, but it will in terms of South America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats nonetheless see the issue as a liability for Trump, whose strikes on Iran and loose commitment to Ukraine have also rankled supporters.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) attempted to pass a bill, the &ldquo;No Argentina Bailout Act,&rdquo; to keep the Treasury Department from performing the currency swap, before her attempt was blocked by Senate Banking Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is shameful that President Trump is propping up a foreign government, while he shuts down our own,&rdquo; Warren said in a floor speech.<\/p>\n<p>The message represents the latest attempt to move Republicans off their shutdown position &ndash; a clean funding extension with no policy changes attached. The House passed a bill last month that would keep the government operating through Nov. 21, but it has failed in the Senate eight times as Democrats use the funding cliff as leverage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3848852\/trump-gop-shutdown-leverage-military-pay-wic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TRUMP BLUNTS GOP&rsquo;S SHUTDOWN LEVERAGE WITH WELFARE AND MILITARY CARVEOUTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beyond the shutdown, Democrats have been using Trump&rsquo;s foreign policy to weaken his standing ahead of the midterm elections next year. His tariffs, in particular, have been wrapped into a broader critique that Republicans will send prices higher for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and congressional Republicans made the same case successfully in November, when Democrats were swept out of power in the face of decades-high inflation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats accuse GOP of aiding Argentina over Americans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2499038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25287638657917.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34041,3685,6203],"class_list":["post-2499037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-america-first","tag-democrats","tag-gop"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25287638657917.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499037"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499041,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499037\/revisions\/2499041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2499038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}