Antonio Aracre arrived at Quinta de Olivos this week with an economic excuse —“talking about the economy that is coming in 2026,” he later wrote—, but he ended up providing a colorful fact that, in the Argentina of hyperpolitics, is almost worth an x-ray of power: Javier Milei not only lives with his mastiffs; He organizes his daily life (and his rest) around them.
The episode aired on The Trigger (Delta 90.3), in a talk with Maximiliano Sardi, where Aracre confirmed what until recently was a rumor fueled by mystery and contradictions: “There are five big dogs, big dogs I would say, big, about 80 kilos each.“, he said. And he finished off the domestic scene: “They are dogs that need to have their routine, their time of rest, time of food, time of recreation. And you have to respect that.”.
The five, according to the coincident reconstruction of different chronicles, are called Conan, Milton, Murray, Robert (in reference to economists admired by Milei, such as Milton Friedman, Murray Rothbard) and Junior. In recent days, a detail that Aracre also highlighted has circulated strongly: “Junior” is the youngest, the most puppyishand the one with the most difficult temperament to channel. “The youngest of all, Junior, seems to be kind of brave, we have to control him. The more puppy, the more playing“, he said in the radio interview, noting that even within the “pack” there are hierarchies and characters.
But the most political fact was not the kennel: it was where Milei lives in Olivos. Aracre described an almost presidential camp system. “Right in front of the little house where the kennels are, there was a tool room, which is like a large shed, which the president remodeled, under his own stipend, and turned it into a small cabin.“, he said. And he detailed the intimate logic of the place: “He has a big bed… a little bed that is like a big pillow for the dog to sleep on that day.”.
The mechanics, according to Aracre, are rotary: “I mean, the president works, he has a dog next to him.“It wouldn’t be five mastiffs loose in the main residence, but an alternation scheme: one accompanies him in that reconditioned “cabin”, while the rest remain in their rest routine in the kennels. That point – the president working and sleeping there – coincides with what Milei himself said publicly: that he moved to a “little house where the tools were kept” within the property and that he decided to renovate it to live there.
Aracre even corrected a common confusion: “It’s not an office, it’s a little cabin“, he described. And he listed the equipment with almost real-estate precision: “It has a bed, it has a desk, an air conditioner, a television, a kitchenette, with a refrigerator with a cold drink… and a comfortable bathroom, nothing luxurious.“. In that same section, he provided a key to character: “It is an environment that has a low light level… he is rather photophobic, so he likes that”.
The inevitable question—who paid for that part?—also appeared on the air. Aracre responded: “No, he did that all with his money”, and linked it directly to the President’s recent interview with Andrés Oppenheimer, where Milei had made the same clarification: that this move and reconditioning was not the responsibility of the State.
The final scene—a president who chooses a converted shed as a bedroom-office and distributes the canine company in shifts—functions as a perfect metaphor: performative austerity, controlled intimacy, and a political life narrated as “experience.”
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