“I don’t have other people’s logic. I’ve already discovered what makes me happy in my life,” he said. Javier Milei in a report with the journalist Andres Oppenheimer. The Argentine president, in a personal dialogue, confessed: I have no problem with greed or lust. My approach to Judaism and my admiration for Moses keeps my ego in check all the time.” With those words, the president justified living in a small renovated tool warehouse in Quinta de Olivos.
The host of the program Oppenheimer Presents in CNN in Spanish interviewed the Head of State in a fairly in-depth conversation recorded on Pink House and recently released this month, where both personal issues and other topics related to foreign policy, the economy and the internal political direction of the country were addressed. From the beginning, the talk revolved around the Milei’s criticism of “21st century socialism”to which he attributed crises and authoritarian regimes in the region, with special reference to the government of Venezuela.
In this context, the Argentine president defended a position of support for international actions against the regime of Nicolas Maduro and he expressed his willingness to support future operations that, in his opinion, promote democracy in the Caribbean country, stressing that Argentina is on the “right side of history.” The interview also focused on the formation of a regional bloc of governments aligned with ideas of economic freedom and opposition to socialismof which Milei said that there are already conversations with about ten countries interested in articulating a joint platform.
In terms of foreign policy, the libertarian leader ratified the strategic alignment with the United States and Israelwhile clarifying that this does not imply cutting off trade relations with China, a country that he described as a “great trading partner” for Argentina and which he plans to visit in 2026. Regarding the economy, the president defended the fiscal adjustment of his administration and highlighted results such as the sharp drop in annual inflation and the decrease in poverty, as well as the elimination of the fiscal deficit, which he attributed to the macroeconomic discipline of his government in the face of years of “populist” policies.
Oppenheimer also questioned the president about the discrepancy between the improvement of some macroeconomic indicators and the perception of the daily economy by citizens; Milei responded that “macro is the sum of micro” and that media coverage and certain polls could distort that perception. According to the communicator himself, in a subsequent analysis of the interview, he considered that the government faces a persistent question among Argentines: when the hardest phase of the recession will end and a tangible recovery will begin.
In the section dedicated to internal politicsthe head of the Executive Branch defended his dialogue strategy with the provincial governors, an issue that has generated tensions within his own political space. The President recognized that his decision to try to build consensus with leaders from different forces was received with resistance even by allies, and he went so far as to describe as a “big mistake” for governability the way in which some of them interpreted the opening as a sign of weakness, which fractured support for key initiatives such as the Bases for Freedom Law and the fiscal package. This crossing exposed the difficulties that the ruling party faces in consolidating a solid majority in Congress, a problem that Milei admitted complicates the implementation of its structural reform agenda.
Finally, the interview covered topics of structural reformsMilei’s position before international organizations such as the UN, the management of recent scandals such as the case of the $LIBRA cryptocurrency, and his government’s projection for 2026, with emphasis on economic growth, poverty reduction and combating inflation. Beyond these statements, the president showed confidence that the economy will eventually improve if the adjustment is sustained since ““Social tolerance to economic sacrifice is a factor that can redefine the internal political course in 2026.” Un scenario where the indicators and public perception do not always coincide with what is stated by the Argentine president.
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