TRICK OR TREAT….

FKU!

Trump turns his back on Milei over the Falklands. What a surprise for Argentines. Now what?

 

By Dany Smith 

You didn’t have to be a genius or an expert in geopolitics to predict what Donald Trump and Washington, D.C., would do with the Argentine government’s expectations regarding its claims to the Falkland Islands and all the waters of the South Atlantic. After acting as a pitiful lackey to the positions of the United States and Israel at the United Nations, particularly after abstaining from voting against colonialism (such as the kind Israel is trying to entrench in Gaza), the payback was not long in coming. Trump’s sudden plan to propose the dismantling of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization which has precisely been the forum where Argentina has been fighting for sovereignty over the islands is a direct stab to the heart of hopes for diplomatic negotiations.

Apparently, the Anglophilia that pervades this Argentine government—and which is shared by the capital’s major media outlets—has blinded them, or perhaps they’ve been lobotomized, since there’s no other explanation for failing to foresee this. Of course, this is sarcasm; in reality, what is happening is that Argentina’s leaders are just as passive and conformist as their European counterparts. If there is any favor shown toward the latter, it is based on the tolerance Milei displays toward the slow and painful genocide that Israel is committing against the Palestinian population by depriving them of food, water, and medicine.

Milei’s government has no strategic vision whatsoever, not even as a simple, minuscule vassal of Washington, D.C. It is not even remotely a partner of the U.S., since it depends entirely on whatever Washington, D.C., dictates. Trump and his bureaucrats starting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the psychopath Pete Hegseth are only interested in Argentina serving as a pawn in the “Shield of the Americas” and nothing more. And although it is presented as a military alliance to combat drug trafficking (it will include the Mexican cartels alongside Zelensky) and crime which is outside the military sphere it hides the potential use of its members as a shock force for intrusive actions in Caribbean oil-producing regions where there is resistance, across the entire continent, and very possibly in support of U.S. and Israeli interests on the other side of the world.

But even though they try to present themselves as “allies,” Washington doesn’t see them that way. They act like a waiter who, in addition to not receiving a tip, is mistreated and humiliated in front of all the diners. A pathetic example of this groveling behavior can be seen in their foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, who, in line with his president’s delusional stances, is a man full of himself, making grandiloquent statements that are completely out of touch with reality, as if the center of global geopolitics revolved around Argentina.

The supposed support that the White House had extended to the Argentines regarding the issue of the South Atlantic islands is part of the same rhetorical tactics employed by Donald Trump, who is known and proven to be a compulsive liar. Failing to take these traits into account is proof of what I said earlier. It’s possible that there is a clear-thinking person within the Casa Rosada (there should be, for the sake of the Argentine people), but their advice is not being heeded.

As for Congress. From what my contacts in Buenos Aires tell me, it is not a body held in high regard among citizens, and they’ve even revealed to me the backroom deals that take place there not to mention the recreational activities many of its members engage in which already paints a picture of the country’s institutional state.

Many are surely wondering, “So why did Washington lift the bans on Argentina’s acquisition of military equipment?” The answer is very simple just look at the kind of equipment that has been supplied. First of all, it’s of U.S. and British origin, and none of it poses a real threat to the capabilities of British defenses in Port Stanley; thus, London is assured that any Argentine threat is harmless.

Those whose business continuity and stability are also guaranteed are British, Israeli, and American companies (specially Trump´s dudes), which in addition to reaping profits from oil resources in the South Atlantic will be protected by the Argentine government itself.

If you lay all the facts on the table and consider the nature of the relationship between Washington and Buenos Aires, you’ll see that Trump doesn’t need Javier Milei or his insipid government at all. The Pentagon already has its tentacles in the southern province of Tierra del Fuego, where work has already begun on a strategic naval base that will be under the control of the U.S. Navy (US SOUTHCOM) and let there be no doubt that it will operate in coordination with the Royal Navy in Port Stanley.

In reality, Trump isn’t to blame; the culprit is Javier Milei’s government of amateurs, with him at the helm, who seems to have believed that being a fan of a criminal state like Israel and cheering on the antics of a pedophile and delusional American president would give him carte blanche to attempt to resolve a situation that cannot be settled without real power.