Former US President Donald Trump spoke with the elected president of Argentina Javier Milei to congratulate him on his victory in Sunday’s runoff and anticipated that he will travel to Buenos Aires in order to hold a meeting.
The leader of La Libertad Avanza received a phone call on Wednesday night from Trump who expressed his congratulations and noted that “the victory by a wide margin in the election had a great impact worldwide,” the organization said in a statement on Thursday. Milei’s office.
He added that he also referred to Trump’s intention to travel to the Argentine capital to meet with the far-right economist, with whom he maintains a strong affinity, but did not specify what date he would do so.
The libertarian will assume the presidency on December 10 for a four-year period.
Trump, conservative president between 2017 and 2021 and candidate for the Republican presidential candidacy for the 2024 elections in the United States, celebrated Milei’s victory over the Peronist Sergio Massa on the social network X on Tuesday.
“The whole world was watching and I am very proud of you, you will turn your country around and truly make Argentina great again,” the former president said in a video.
Milei has also received a congratulatory call from US President Joe Biden of the Democratic Party. Both talked about the importance of continuing to deepen the relationship in the economic area, as well as working to defend the protection of human rights, confront food insecurity and invest in clean energy. Biden told him, however, that he will not be able to be present at his inauguration.
The elected president of Argentina has announced that in foreign policy he will align himself with the United States and Israel.
