Asked by Fox Newsidiot Maria Bartiromo to respond to outrage over the Trump Administration’s $40 billion bailout of Argentina, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday defended the spending as necessary to ensure that friendly officials remain in power in the nation so that it stays viable as an option for them should he and other top leaders need to get set up somewhere else and quickly.

Bessent did not say this outright, however it’s an easy inference to make given the vast South American nation’s historical position as a refuge for members of a certain party that abruptly found themselves no longer welcome in their home country after things went south – pun intended.

Ensuring that Argentina remains politically and economically stable will in turn make their leadership more amenable in the future to reciprocating the favor in the form of modest housing, a low-profile menial job at say, a tire manufacturing plant, and passports that identify them as Argentine-born individuals who have never set foot in the US let alone ever even heard of a “Scott Bessent.”

Should the need arise, of course. Contingency planning is a must-have habit for those successful in politics and government, as sometimes your “Final Solution” isn’t really that final and you’re going to need to make yourself scarce in a hurry. Even then you’re going to want to stay scarce, just in case some folks come looking to throw you on a plane so they can show you how a noose works.