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The Media Warned Us About 'Argentina's Trump': Months Later, He's Already Turning His Country Around

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When he was elected in November, American media mocked President Javier Milei as “Argentina’s Trump.”

After campaigning on the slogan “Make Argentina Great Again,” Milei promised radical solutions to address inflation The New York Times said topped 140 percent, raising eyebrows over how he could succeed.

But as businessman Adrián Mateo Germanetti noted after Milel was voted into office, there was little left to lose in a country where “Our pesos have been worth less than the paper you use to wrap firecrackers.”

Former President Donald Trump cheered Milel on in a Truth Social post, predicting “You will turn your Country around and truly Make Argentina Great Again!”

In a May 6 Op-Ed for GZero, Ian Bremmer wrote that there’s a lot of work to do, but the early results are positive, noting that Argentina has its first budget surplus in over a decade and that inflation is receding.

“After several administrations in Argentina doing their damnedest to destroy the economy, Milei is turning the place around. He’s succeeding,” he wrote.

Bremmer noted that once in office, Milel has focused less on rhetoric and more on righting the ship.

“Milei himself has been much more of a thoughtful leader in terms of economic policy and his willingness to back down from eccentric and overdone claims than I had expected when he first became president,” he wrote.

Bremmer noted that Milel faced a hostile media environment “because he was a right-wing libertarian, and also because he aligned himself with Trump and said nice things with the former president.”

Brenner noted that Milel still faces an uphill fight because reforming Argentina’s government and economy could mean tough times for its citizens “But there’s no question that for his first several months in government, this guy deserves respect for what he’s been able to actually accomplish.”

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Brenner said the people of Argentina “have been run into the ground by poor governments, a series of poor governments. And if Milei is the guy that turns that around, he has nothing but support from me.”

Noting that in his first three months in office, Milel more than halved the monthly inflation rate, Forbes contributor Frank Holmes wrote in a May Op-Ed that Milel’s reforms are “not just refreshing but essential in today’s world of bloated government spending.”

“His ‘shock therapy’ approach, deeply rooted in free market principles and fiscal restraint, could serve as a blueprint for other nations grappling with similar economic ailments, including the U.S.,” he wrote.

Milel appeared in February at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he exchanged hugs with Trump and later told attendees: “Do not be led by mermaids singing social justice,” he said in Spanish.

“Do not give up your freedom. Fight for your freedom because if you do not fight, you will be led into misery,” according to the Associated Press.

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Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.
Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.
Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com.
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