Javier Milei, Argentina's libertarian president, an ardent advocate of the free market and the "creative destruction" championed by the early 20th-century Austrian economist, has just been saved at the last minute by an intervention from Donald Trump. From their perspective, the risk was that the end of the harsh economic medicine Javier Milei had forced on Argentina since taking office in late 2023 was in sight. "Huge thanks to Secretary Scott Bessent and President Donald Trump," Milei said. Read more Subscribers only Argentina's Javier Milei faces a governing crisis three months before parliamentary electionsIt would, however, be too simplistic to caricature the situation. With strong backing from Trump, Milei holds a decisive advantage.