Argentine President Javier Milei thanked President Donald Trump on Monday for his support during the midterm elections, which concluded on Sunday with a surprisingly decisive win for Milei’s political party, Liberty Advances.
Milei, a longtime support of President Trump’s, visited the White House on October 14 to discuss his country’s relationship with Washington and secure a massive currency swap agreement to strengthen his nation’s economy. After 20 years of socialist rule, Argentina’s economy was on the brink of collapse when Milei was elected in December 2023. An economist by trade, the libertarian leader has prioritized stabilizing the nation’s economy, ensuring jobs and the supply of basic goods, as his top campaign promise.
During Milei’s visit to the White House, Trump said that he was agreeing to the currency swap agreement in large part because
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