The surprise of the annual conclave of Trumpism held south of Washington, were, in reality, two. In the morning the presence was announced, which was not in the program, of Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and the most recent, narrow and powerful ally of US President Donald Trump. The Auditorium of the Convention Center broke out in applause and stood up when he saw him appear in the afternoon on the CPAC stage, touched with a cap and after black mirror glasses whose silhouette remembered one of those tesla straight line trucks , company of which it owns. And then the second surprise came. “I bring a president with me,” said the Milmillonario. That president was the Argentine Javier Milei, who appeared with a “gift” for Musk: a “chainsaw.” The “chainsaw of the bureaucracy!” Exclaimed the owner of Tesla while raising her.
The chainsaw is the icon of the Milei government that, he says, came to power as a “mole” to destroy from within the state. The Argentine campaigned for the presidency with one in his hands and today has a replica in his office of the Casa Rosada. When he receives a visit he likes that the chainsaw appears in the rigor of rigor.
Before uploading the stage of the CPAC, Milei met in an exclusive room of the Convention Center with Musk. I enter quickly and shout, in English, “my friend.” Musk put on his dark glasses and hugged him. The president could not stop still from emotion. “I brought you a gift,” he said to the tycoon, and opened a black box that he wore a chainsaw with the inscription “Long live the fuck”, the Argentine’s war cry. Musk would show it minutes later from the stage of the CPAC, as a symbol that is also useful to the richest man. And the US administration already lost this task, whose first victims are the tens of thousands of officials who have already been dismissed, have been delivered in body and soul.
Milei arrived in Washington this Thursday in search of oxygen. A scam that Milei promoted last Friday since his account in X, has activated judicial complaints and a request for political trial in Congress. The remedy has been for him even worse than the disease: an interview recorded on Monday to clarify his situation ended in a new scandal after the filtration of and pressures towards the journalist who performed it. Required good news, the Argentine traveled to the site where he feels the most: near his friend Donald Trump, who is considered his main ally, and ready to receive the mood of Elon Musk’s mood.
Meeting with the IMF
Beyond the political agenda, Milei also met with the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva. It was the second face to face with Georgieva during this year, as part of a negotiation for a new agreement. Milei reached the IMF headquarters around six in the afternoon of Washington and retired an hour later.
Georgieva said in an X message that the “stabilization and growth plan of Argentina” is “giving significant results.” On the proximity of an agreement, he repeated the usual protocol phrase: “Our teams continue to work constructively in pursuit of a new program.”
Today, I welcomed President to the IMF to discuss Argentina’s stabilization and growth plan, which is delivering significant results. Our teams continue to work constructively toward a new IMF program.
– Kristalina Georgieva (@kgeorgieva)
From the Casa Rosada they say that an agreement is practically closed that contributes two frescoes to the international reserves of the Central Bank. The president said days ago that the negotiations only needed to “put the bun” of help. The Government aspires to achieve at least 10,000 million dollars, the minimum figure it needs to release the exchange restrictions that today carry the arrival of new investments.
Milei arrived in Washington without guarantees of a face to face with Donald Trump in the White House. The Argentine delegation is confident that at least there will be an informal meeting on Saturday, at the close of the CPAC. Milei plans to give a speech before closing, which will be in charge of the president of the United States. Milei received a Trump wink this week, when he crossed the worst of the crisis for $ Libra. The Republican published a message in Thutsocial, his own network, with a photo of Milei and a phrase: “If printing money would end poverty, print diplomas would end stupidly.” “Neighborhood phenomenon,” Milei immediately ironized from his X account, emboldened with the lifeguard sent by his American pair.
