President Trump said the economic support is contingent on whether his political ally, President Javier Milei of Argentina, remains in power.

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Developing countries have started taking greater responsibility for their own welfare, leveraging private investment to create economic opportunity.

Pacific island nations have seen American pledges and attention come and go with geopolitical winds. Recent U.S. pullbacks are met with disappointment but not surprise.

Middle-class Indians have been plowing their savings into the stock market, making it far less vulnerable to the shocks of a trade war.