Argentine President Javier Milei tweeted on Friday “LONG LIVE FREEDOM, DAMN IT…!” after a meeting with Elon Musk in the billionaire’s Tesla factory in Texas, in the southern United States.
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“Libertad!” (“freedom”, in Spanish), wrote Elon Musk on Friday on his social network X (formerly Twitter), in response to a message from Javier Milei containing a photo of the two men shaking hands in a meeting room and this phrase: “LONG LONG LIVE FREEDOM, DAMN…!”.
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The two personalities visited the factory and then discussed “the need to liberate markets and defend the ideas of freedom” and “the importance of eliminating bureaucratic obstacles that keep investors away,” according to a press release from the company. Argentine presidency.
“The president and the American businessman have agreed to organize a major event in Argentina soon to promote the ideas of freedom,” she added.
AFP
Sarcastic, bellicose, pontificating, quick to self-celebrate… Javier Milei, invested in December, floods social networks with messages and memes, in uninterrupted communication, between platform, vent and logbook, which recalls that of Donald Trump in his time or even that of Elon Musk.
The president inflicts on his country’s economy a shock of austerity which he himself describes as the “largest budgetary adjustment in the history of Argentina, of humanity”, but has earned him numerous demonstrations .
Elon Musk bought Twitter at the end of 2022 with the stated objective of “liberating” the platform. In practice, it has largely relaxed content moderation and allowed previously banned personalities to return, provoking the anger of many human rights associations and the departure of many advertisers.
He regularly displays his political opinions, which are largely pro-Republican, and has spoken, in public or private, with numerous right-wing or far-right political figures, such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
