Posted on 10/14/2025 7:07:41 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
President Donald Trump has acknowledged that a $20bn (£15bn) US lifeline to help calm Argentina's currency crisis is an attempt to sway elections this month in the South American nation.
Welcoming Argentina's libertarian leader Javier Milei to the White House, Trump warned that the US would not "waste our time" with helping Argentina if Milei's party did not prevail.
Milei praised Trump for his peacemaking efforts and said the US president's policies would lead to "prosperity".
Argentina's financial turmoil comes ahead of national midterm elections on 26 October, seen as a test of voters' desire to continue backing Milei's cost-cutting, free-market reform agenda.
As Trump sat across the table from his Argentine counterpart on Tuesday, he said the not-so-quiet bit out loud.
The election is coming up very soon," he said. "It's a very big election."
Trump added: "Victory [for Milei] is very important. Your poll numbers I hear are pretty good. I think they will be better after this.
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Thoroughly modern Milei.
‘Speak softly and carry a big stick’. President Trump speaks firmly and directly and carries a big stick.
Milei should win. Resoundingly. But we shall see.
“Milei should win. Resoundingly.”
He is more popular with Freepers than he is with his own citizens.
That would be the best outcome for the country.
Don’t know about that, he seems to be involved in quite a bit of corruption down there. His disapproval rating is above 50% now. We’ll just have to wait to see if the CIA can save the day.
Milei is an aberration. Or maybe he'll fix up the place enough so they'll return to their bad habits.
Apparently he is not doing as good a job as we thought he was doing. His popularity has been tanking for a while now.
He is another guy who we Conservatives thousands of miles away embrace but who is not very well liked in his home country. It is a shame but it looks like he did too much too fast and is crashing and burning. If he does, it will set back conservatism in South America a decade or two.
I hope so , I think he has done a great job so far.
Milei had to make those economic decisions to stabilize the economy but I think his voters will end up punishing him for that. Too bad.
It will be a miracle if he wins. He actually polls best on the economy among major issues. On the economy only 58% of respondents think he is doing a crappy job. It gets worse on the other 9 major issues in the poll.
Yes, thousands of miles away we lose the details. Privatization of retirement in Chile was hailed as a grand conservative victory. Only problem is that the people in charge didnty educate a population with little experience in investing that they would have to put 15-30% of their income into investments over an entire career in order to have a comfortable retirement. The shock felt by many at retirement led to a great setback to legitimate economic principles.
Milei is of a MAGA mindset, would be a natural for Argentina after decades of assorted Peronism and other rubbish. Hope the people have the sense to hang in there with him.
I have friends in Argentina who say the recent “financial crisis” was engineered by some banks friendly to the corrupt, socialist Peronist/Kirchner faction. With the help of outside forces, they attempted to manufacture a currency crisis in Argentina, just before the upcoming elections.
He tamed galloping inflation. However, Argentina politics is dominated by the one=third of the Argentinian polity; it lives with its hand out and prays for the return of a Peron.
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