“The very respected president of Argentina, Javier Milei, He has proven to be a truly fantastic and powerful leader for the great Argentine people, advancing at all levels at record speed, “says the beginning of a text, in tweet format, located inside a folder, which the president Donald Trump I give to his Argentine pair, and who continues: “He inherited a ‘total disorder’ with a horrible inflation caused by the previous president of the radical left (Like the dishonest Joe Bidenthe worst president of the history of our nation), but has returned stability to the Argentine economy and has elevated it to a new level of prominence and respect. “
In addition to the formal support, Trump gave Milei a printed version of a message from his social truth in which he praised him publicly. A symbolic gesture, which touches the anecdotal, which was exposed as proof of political affinity between them. In networks, the Argentine president thanked the “great friendship” and highlighted the interaction as an “extraordinary” gesture. Of course, such gift was used by Internet users to disseminate different memes by the unique recognition. In this way, and with a “it was not bad, now get out of here”, the Republican president dismissed the presidential delegation headed by libertarian leader.
Last Thursday morning, the Argentine Head of State left for New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly, on a trip that assumes strategic character against the financial pressure that Argentina is going through. The delegation that accompanied him included the general secretary of the Presidency, Karina Milei; To the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo; and to the chancellor Gerardo Werthein. Upon arrival, the president sought not only to expose his international speech, but also to ensure diplomatic support and agreements that allow him to relieve the weight of debt maturities and the reservations escape.
On Tuesday at noon, at the UN Headquarters, Milei held a bilateral meeting with Donald Trump, supported by his closest teams. The Argentine president was received by Trump, the US Secretary of the US, Scott Besentthe Secretary of State Marco Rubio And the chief of cabinet Susie Wiles. On the Argentine side were Caputo, Werthein and Karina Milei. In that period of approximately twenty minutes, Trump reiterated praise towards the Argentine president and offered an explicit political support: he described him as “a fantastic leader” and announced his “total and absolute support” for an eventual re -election. But it made it clear that, although the United States will intervene to attend Argentina, it does not consider that the country requires a complete rescue.
The central aspect of the meeting revolved around financial aid proposals. Besent reported that the US government evaluated using the Exchange stabilization background, Make currency swaps or buy Argentine debt. From Buenos Aires they expected that package to pay maturities of the next fifteen months and reinforce the reserves of the Central Bank. So far the amount or deadlines of these financial instruments were not revealed, although sources from the Casa Rosada described the gesture as “historical” and highlighted the acceleration of a credit for 4,000 million dollars from the World Bank as part of a broader package.
The trip included other planned appointments: before the meeting with Trump, Milei had partially assisted the speech of the American president at the UN and then moved to the private meeting without going through the plenary. In the remainder of the New York agenda, the Argentine President is expected to maintain a meeting with the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, postponed by changes in the logistics of his delegation, and will also participate in the gala in which he will be distinguished with the Global Citizen Award award given by the Atlantic Council. Finally, the plan is that Milei returns to Buenos Aires on Friday morning.
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