I think they were thinking of Carlos Menem's "si hubiera dicho lo que iba a hacer, no me votaba nadie” , but AFAIK thats a misquote [1] A more recent Argentin

I think they were thinking of Carlos Menem's "si hubiera dicho lo que iba a hacer, no me votaba nadie” , but AFAIK thats a misquote [1] A more recent Argentinian president (Mauricio Macri) said a similar thing though: " If I had told them everything I was going to do, they would have voted to lock me up in an asylum" (Tl mine). Original [2]: "Si les decía todo lo que iba a hacer, votaban por encerrarme en el manicomio" [1]: https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2023/11/12/si-decia-lo-que-iba-a-hacer-la-verdad-de-la-frase-que-le-adjudican-a-menem-y-por-que-se-alio-con-bunge-born/ https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2023/11/12/si-decia-lo-que-... [2] https://www.cronista.com/economia-politica/Macri-Si-les-decia-todo-lo-que-iba-a-hacer-votaban-por-encerrarme-en-el-manicomio-20160629-0123.html https://www.cronista.com/economia-politica/Macri-Si-les-deci...