The President of the United States, Donald Trump, congratulated Argentine leader Javier Milei this Monday (27), after his victory in the mid-term legislative elections.
“Congratulations to President Javier Milei on his landslide victory in Argentina. He is doing a wonderful job! Our confidence in him was justified by the Argentine people,” Trump wrote in his Truth Social post.
Milei’s party, Freedom Advances, conquered 40.8% of the votes for the Chamber of Deputies in the mid-term elections in Argentina.
The Fuerza Patria coalition, of the Peronist opposition, obtained 24.5%.
The result saw voters give Milei the mandate to continue pushing forward his radical reform of the country’s economy, despite widespread discontent with the .
A relief for Milei, whose income poll numbers have fallen in recent weeks, the results are likely to please , whose government faced criticism after granting a massive financial bailout to Argentina.
To support the Argentine president, he offered a bailout potentially valued at US$40 billion, including an already signed US$20 billion currency swap and a proposed US$20 billion line of credit.
