Excerpt: Althea is furious — the U.S. can’t afford decent healthcare or food for its own people, yet somehow there’s money to bail out Argentina. When did helping foreign nations become more important than helping Americans survive?

Posted by Althea:

I’m sitting here shaking my head because this has to be one of the most outrageous, tone-deaf things I’ve ever seen in my life. Argentina gets bailed out by Trump — again, money flowing overseas while people right here in the United States can’t even afford food or medical care. I mean, what planet are these leaders living on? We’ve got Americans rationing insulin, skipping meals, and drowning in debt just to stay alive, and the government’s priority is helping another country stay afloat? Give me a break.

Every day, I see more people struggling. Homelessness is rising, food banks are packed, hospitals are turning away people without insurance, and families are living paycheck to paycheck if they’re lucky enough to have one. Yet the same people who claim to “put America first” are the ones sending our taxpayer dollars halfway across the world. It’s insanity! What about us? When do Americans get bailed out? When do we get a break?

I don’t care if Trump says it’s for “economic stability” or “foreign relations.” The fact is, our economy is collapsing for working-class citizens while the rich get richer and the poor get crumbs. The U.S. always finds billions to throw at foreign governments, but the second you talk about feeding our own people or providing universal healthcare, suddenly there’s “no money in the budget.” How does that make any sense?

And don’t come at me with the whole “America is the leader of the free world” nonsense. Leadership doesn’t mean draining your own citizens dry to look generous on the world stage. Leadership means taking care of your house first. You can’t lead when your people are starving. You can’t preach freedom and prosperity while your citizens are buried under medical debt and eviction notices.

It’s like the government has completely forgotten who pays the bills around here. We do. The taxpayers. And what do we get in return? Inflation, broken healthcare, and empty promises. Meanwhile, Argentina gets a bailout, and the politicians pat themselves on the back like they just saved the world. Well, newsflash America is falling apart.

This country has become a global ATM, handing out cash left and right, while the people funding it can’t even afford basic necessities. It’s disgraceful. If you really want to make America great, start by taking care of Americans. Feed the hungry. Fix the healthcare system. Lower the cost of living. Stop pouring money into countries that wouldn’t do the same for us.

I don’t care what side of the political fence you’re on this isn’t left or right, it’s right and wrong. And what’s happening right now is flat-out wrong. The American people deserve better than this circus of misplaced priorities and global pandering.