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1 week agoMilei's win in Argentina had Trump's fingerprints all over it. But just how long will their friendship last? | Jordana Timerman
The Argentine president, Javier Milei, who won a resounding midterm victory on Sunday, has received ample support from Donald Trump. Ahead of the congressional elections, Trump endorsed Milei and warned: If he loses, we are not going to be generous with Argentina. Washington extended a $20bn currency swap line to the government money aimed at stabilising financial volatility that would have undermined Milei's chances. The US treasury even intervened directly, buying more than a billion dollars of pesos to slow the currency's freefall
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