Donald Trump met this Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago club with the Argentine president, Javier Milei, in what is his first meeting with a foreign leader since his electoral victory last week. The two have shown great harmony, and the president-elect of the United States abundantly praised Milei. According to Trump in a short speech, «Javier, I want to congratulate you for the work you are doing in Argentina. It’s incredible what you are achieving in such a short time. I am sure that you are going to make Argentina great again. The president-elect thus lent him his campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” Standard Related News If Milei pauses his approach to China after Trump’s victory Guadalupe Piñeiro MichelThe bilateral meeting was private, and Milei also met with investors. Later, in a speech, Milei criticized left-wing ideologies and praised Elon Musk, owner of the social network politics of history”, highlighting how he confronted “the entire establishment” and even risked “his own life.” According to the Argentine president, “thanks to this today the world is much better because the winds of freedom are blowing, much stronger.” Referring to the Communist Manifesto, Milei stated that in 1848 Karl Marx began that “sinister pamphlet saying that a ghost was roaming Europe, the ghost of communism. Now, he added, “a different ghost haunts the world, the ghost of freedom,” a force that seeks to dismantle the “servitude model” and the “oppressive State” that, under the banner of social justice, divides citizens. After Milei’s election in November 2023, Trump posted on social media: “You are going to turn your country around and really make Argentina great again.” Three months later, she met him in Washington. This meeting underlined the ideological affinity between both leaders and their shared commitment to liberal economic policies and criticism of left-wing ideologies. In that sense, the Argentine president has assumed the role that Jair Bolsonaro, of Brazil, had in Trump’s first term, as a key international ally. On the way to the meeting, Milei announced that he is seeking a free trade agreement with the United States. According to journalists who accompanied him on the flight, he said that “the elected Trump government feels much more comfortable working with me than with other governments, and that has commercial and financial implications.” The Argentine president also seeks support from Trump for obtain a new loan from the IMF for Argentina, which is currently the institution’s largest debtor with a debt of 44 billion dollars. His government’s intention is to negotiate billions of additional dollars to alleviate exchange and capital restrictions, factors that greatly slow down the country’s economic recovery. Milei sees this loan as essential to stabilize the Argentine economy, relieve pressure on the peso and advance its austerity agenda. For this new political couple, the first joint decision could be related to climate policy. Milei is considering withdrawing Argentina from the Paris climate agreement as part of a comprehensive review of its foreign policy. Recently, he ordered the withdrawal of his delegation from the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, in a decision aligned with Trump’s plan to withdraw the US from the pact again, after having done so in his first term, in a decision reversed by Biden. in 2021.Related News standard No Milei’s Argentina, the only country to vote at the UN against the rights of indigenous peoples It was the first vote since Gerardo Werthein led the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Argentina after the sudden dismissal of Diana MondinoThis possible departure raises concern among climate activists, who warn that Argentina would lose support in key areas such as financing multilateral organizations. Milei, who has called climate change a “socialist lie” and dissolved the Ministry of the Environment, maintains reservations about the agreement, although in the past Argentina committed to meeting its environmental goals. Meanwhile, Joe Biden participates in the summit of Pacific countries in Peru, in the G-20 and in the Amazon. It will be the swan song of a president who wanted to be an environmentalist, who from day one tried to support Lula’s agenda for the Amazon, and who will become the first in office to set foot in that jungle.
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