Former President Donald Trump has told Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei that he plans to travel to the South American country so the two can meet, Milei’s office said Thursday. The office did not give a date for when Trump intends to be in Buenos Aires. The inauguration of Milei, a right-wing populist who has expressed admiration for Trump, is scheduled for Dec. 10.
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- Former President Donald Trump plans to visit Argentina to meet with President-elect Javier Milei.
- Trump’s visit date to Buenos Aires is unspecified, but Milei’s inauguration is on Dec. 10.
- Trump congratulated Milei on his election win, noting its significant global impact.
- The connection between Trump and Milei was reportedly facilitated by Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
- Trump expressed support for Milei in a social media video, encouraging him to make Argentina great again.
- Milei, often compared to Trump, has publicly praised Trump’s stance against socialism.
- Milei’s conversation with Trump followed a discussion with President Joe Biden, who spoke of U.S.-Argentina relations and shared priorities like human rights and clean energy.
The Associated Press has the story:
Trump tells Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei he plans to visit Buenos Aires
Newslooks- BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP)
Former President Donald Trump has told Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei that he plans to travel to the South American country so the two can meet, Milei’s office said Thursday.
The office did not give a date for when Trump intends to be in Buenos Aires. The inauguration of Milei, a right-wing populist who has expressed admiration for Trump, is scheduled for Dec. 10.
“The president-elect received a call last night from the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, who congratulated him and pointed out his triumph by a wide margin in last Sunday’s election had a great impact on a global scale,” a news release from Milei’s office said.
A local journalist who was first to report the news, Luis Majul, wrote on X early Thursday that the lawmaker son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Eduardo Bolsonaro, was the one who “facilitated” the contact between Milei and the GOP front-runner. “That’s right,” Milei posted in response.
Trump celebrated Milei’s victory with a social media post of his own on Tuesday.
Milei has often been compared to Trump, whom he praised in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson earlier this year. During the interview, Milei called on Trump to “continue with his fight against socialism, because he’s one of the few who fully understood that the battle is against socialism, that the battle is against the statists.”
The White House said Biden congratulated Milei and spoke of “the strong relationship between the United States and Argentina on economic issues, on regional and multilateral cooperation, and on shared priorities, including advocating for the protection of human rights, addressing food insecurity and investing in clean energy.”
