The file always returns, and in the case of Javier Milei it became a past that pursues him. His fiercest phrases, those that fed his political career, today live with images of the past that show him defending the opposite. In social networks a video circulates that collects its most notorious contradictions: insults to trade unionists turned into marches with Hugo Moyano, praise to Cristina Kirchner followed by threats to bury her politically, criticism of economists who are now her allies, and disqualifications to figures with which she ended up sharing cabinet.
In his war against the “union mafias”, Milei swore that they were going to lose “all the parasites” and put truck drivers in the sight. However, in 2018, during the management of Mauricio Macri, he marched alongside Hugo Moyano in an Cegetist protest. Interviewed by the Peronist Santiago Cneo, he justified his presence by saying that the Government sought to “reproduce the fascist state of the 30s.” There he appeared surrounded by union flags, a contrast with his current speech against unions that reject their adjustment.
The figure of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner condenses one of the most shocking contradictions. On television, years ago, Milei said serenity: “Cristina is the most important woman in Argentine history in politics.” Already as president, on Radio Neura, he launched the opposite: “I would love to put the last nail to the Kirchnerism drawing with Cristina inside.” The same character in two times opposed, between respect and fury.
The case of Luis “Toto” Caputo is also revealing. Milei came to say in LN+ that he was “the best Minister of Economy in Argentine History.” But in Macri’s time he accused him of having made a “disaster” in the Central Bank and “smoking 15 billion dollars” in reservations. Today Caputo is his trusted man, in charge of the fiscal adjustment and negotiations with the IMF.
With China another striking turn occurred. Before being elected president, Milei sentenced in an interview with Tucker Carlson: “Not only I’m not going to do business with China, I am a defender of freedom, peace and democracy. The Chinese do not enter there.” Already in the Casa Rosada, he admitted to having “pleasantly surprised” with Beijing and celebrated that “they do not demand anything.” Argentina renewed yuan swaps and even seeks Chinese investments in lithium and energy, a pragmatism that contradicts its libertarian preaching.
Patricia Bullrich completes the gallery. Before the Electoral Alliance, Milei accused her of having been a “Montonera Tirabombas” that had put “bombs in kindergartens.” Today he describes her as someone with whom she has an “excellent link” and chose it to lead the Ministry of Security. From the personal attack on political society, another jump that exhibits the flexibility of discourse.
These contradictions are not mere anecdotes. In social networks, users viralize them as proof of a more pragmatic Milei than dogmatic, while the international press underlines the distance between its incendiary rhetoric and its decisions in power. In a context of fragile economy and tensions with the IMF, the file took prominence and exposes it faced with its own phrases.
