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Cato Weekly Podcast • August 14, 2025 

# Summits, Guns, and Money 

As President Trump pushes to unwind one proxy war—with Russia in Ukraine—he’s ramping up another in this hemisphere: ordering the Pentagon to ready battle plans against Latin American drug cartels. On our panel, Cato scholars weigh the odds of a Putin deal and the risk of replaying past drug war disasters.

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### [Trump Shouldn’t Settle for European Spending Pledges](/commentary/trump-shouldnt-settle-european-spending-pledges) 

By [Justin Logan](https://www.cato.org/people/justin-logan) 

The time for putting America first in Europe is now. To make it happen, Trump should stop focusing on paper promises and reduce U.S. forces on the continent, driving home the point that conventional deterrence in Europe is now primarily Europe’s responsibility.

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### [Invading Mexico Will Not Solve the Cartel Problem](/commentary/invading-mexico-will-not-solve-cartel-problem) 

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Proposals for the use of military force in our southern neighbor’s territory neglect the lessons of the wars on terror and drugs.

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### [Deregulation in Argentina: Milei Takes “Deep Chainsaw” to Bureaucracy and Red Tape](/free-society/spring-2025/deregulation-argentina-milei-takes-deep-chainsaw-bureaucracy-red-tape) 

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Argentine President Javier Milei has lowered inflation, drastically reduced government spending, and dismantled large parts of the federal bureaucracy. But one of the most far-reaching efforts by his administration has been its deregulation push, with officials implementing about two deregulations per day on average since he took office.

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