“We bailed out Argentina yesterday”: Explosive Bessent leak reveals U.S. aid helping China, not American farmers

MAGA means austerity for Americans and Bailouts for Argentina. Argentina thanks us for our sacrifices by pulling the rug out from our farmers

> The texts appear to show communications from Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins. One message reads: “We bailed out Argentina yesterday (Bessent) and in return, the Argentine’s removed their export tariffs on grains, reducing their price, and sold a bunch of soybeans to China, at a time when we would normally be selling to China.”

> The messages reference a $20 billion aid package by the Trump administration, pledged by Bessent to support Argentina and its president, Javier Milei, a known ally of former President Trump. However, the texts suggest that the move may be inadvertently hurting U.S. farmers, who rely heavily on soybean exports to China.

> According to the messages, after receiving the U.S. aid, Argentina quickly sold large quantities of soybeans to China. This comes at a time when American farmers are already struggling, as retaliatory tariffs from China, imposed during trade tensions under Trump, have kept U.S. soybeans from their largest export market.

>One of the messages highlights the strategic disadvantage, saying: “This gives China more leverage on us.” It also includes a link to the X account of Ben Scholl, a specialty grain trader, who noted in a tweet: “China and Argentina work together for soybeans as Bessent offers to subsidize the Argentine economy. They think you are stupid.”