Ex-US President Donald Trump congratulates Javier Milei, saying he will "Make Argentina Great Again".

Mr Milei’s rival, economy minister Sergio Massa, called him to concede.

Former US President Donald Trump congratulated Mr Milei on his victory, saying he would “Make Argentina Great Again!”.

The election comes at a difficult time for Argentina with rising inflation and an economy in crisis on peoples’ minds.

Mr Milei’s proposals, which included detonating the central bank, won support with voters desperate for change…

  • rambaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    391·
    1 year ago

    And now they’re going to steal everything you have left with this clown’s help.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      There are a small subset of the population that are voting for these clowns for exactly that reason… They are accelerationists. They want the 1% to steal the remaining piece of the pie from the 90% because people won’t fight for change unless they are literally starving.

      • theherk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        This is happening world wide; not everywhere but many places, and I wonder if the old style jubilee will be demanded.