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John Thune: “I think it's a, my understanding is it's a currency swap of…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune Joins The Brian Kilmeade Show

Published | Video Starts at 13:33

And so when the US has done assistance like this with other countries, when there are economic conditions that they think are going to bear on and impact the U.S. but you know, obviously it's a decision the administration made. I think it's a, I think it's a, my understanding is it's a currency swap of some sort. So it's not like a direct assistance. but I think it's an attempt to try and keep them economically viable. Right. Have a conservative win and then in turn get China's influence out of that country. (13:33–13:38)

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Asserts that the US assistance to Argentina is a currency swap, not direct financial aid.

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