His methods are just like Trump's. So horrible it doesn't seem possible.

The right-wing has learned to take ultimate advantage of every part of the law, bending it, breaking it, ruining people as a daily habit. It will only get worse for both countries until they are both stopped.

Do you think the people they use to carry out their will are just greedy and ambitious, or do you think they are afraid he will destroy them if they don't cooperate, or a combination?

This is a huge advantage Macri has handed himself and his greedy family. He'd better live it up. His excesses won't be able to protect him forever.

All the more so after I read last week that Rajoy had given his mother expedited Spanish citizenship (she's the grand-daughter of Spaniards - but only on one side of her family).

Of course, I doubt she'll be happy there for long.

Macri's mother, you see, is said to be a real snob; "Macri's father (her ex) is a leftist compared to her," is how once acquaintance once put it.

Given how little right-wing Spaniards tend to think of South Americans (even white ones), she'll probably find appreciation hard to come by.

That said, the debt bubble is what worries me most - even more than their abuses of power and impunity. That's what should be investigated most of all, once these people leave office.

They're creating a real debt trap for Argentina, all too similar to the one that walloped the country in '81 and then again in 2001.

To think that when Cristina Kirchner was in office, with all her mistakes (the dollar restrictions particularly, which even she admits was an overreaction), the neocons had to bribe a judge (Greasa) to stop Argentina's bondholders from collecting (remember that?).

If this Macri debt binge keeps going unabated, the bondholders will simply be unable to collect - as early as 2021, according to some pro-Macri economists themselves (!).

That's being "pro-business" for you.

Thanks as always for your thoughts. Have a great weekend, Judi.