Overview

• Fourteen Democratic senators, including Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders, Tammy Baldwin, and Amy Klobuchar, asked the president to “stop immediately” any plan to deliver financial assistance to Argentina.
• Their letter argues the roughly $20 billion proposal, publicly advanced by official Scott Bessent, would misuse taxpayer funds to aid an ideological ally ahead of Argentina’s October 26 midterms.
• The senators cite Argentina’s suspension of export taxes on soy, corn, and wheat, saying Chinese buyers booked up to 40 soybean cargoes and that the move pressures U.S. prices.
• The administration has indicated readiness to help as the Casa Rosada and the U.S. Treasury continue talks over the potential package.
• Argentina’s Foreign Ministry says President Trump will receive Javier Milei at the White House on October 14.