By Leila Miller

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -When U.S. President Donald Trump met with Argentine President Javier Milei in the White House on Tuesday, days after offering Argentina a $20 billion currency swap lifeline, he threatened that further U.S. support will ride on Milei’s party succeeding in this month’s midterm elections.

Libertarian Milei’s economic “shock therapy” measures have substantially cooled inflation and achieved a fiscal surplus, cheering investors and earning the praise of the Trump administration. But there are signs Argentines are growing weary of the cost of fiscal adjustment – austerity measures, cuts in subsidies, and shuttered factories.

“If he doesn’t win, we’re gone,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday.

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