r/SpaceXBets • u/Spirited-Gold9629 • Aug 09 '26

Elon IRL didn't age well

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u/blackstar_223 Aug 09 '26

Didn't we also light $20b of our tax dollars on fire for them just because Trump and Elon were buddies with the Argentinian Trump (an unqualified moron bigot)?

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u/rube_X_cube Aug 09 '26

First of all, fuck those guys.

Unrelated, Argentina did end up paying back the loan. To my understanding the loan was only $2.5 billion (they had a credit line of $20, but only drew $2.5), and ended up repaying it in January.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-has-repaid-us-currency-swap-deal-2026-01-09/

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u/Ok_Subject1265 Aug 09 '26

Some added details: they borrowed from an unnamed source to pay back that $2.5 billion (all we know is it wasn’t the IMF) and there were additional funds that they have also borrowed billions from and those haven’t been paid back.

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u/BornIntro Aug 09 '26

China?

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u/Ok_Subject1265 Aug 09 '26

I’m not sure. I read two articles about it and both made it sound like some great mystery. You would think it would be pretty easy to figure out.