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…
Just once I wish Argentina chose to not be a cautionary tale.
But since we’re here, Americans should watch this space very carefully during the next year or so.
I feel like Americans know very well how this ends after living with Trump for 4 years… The ones that should’ve known better were the Argentinians.
You would think, but then you look at the polls.
To be clear, I don’t think it was worth doing this to Argentina just to have a visual aid for US elections. I’m just looking for silver linings here.
And even those I’m not super hopeful for. You’d think Argentina would have looked at Trump and Bolsonaro themselves. But nope. It seems every country needs to try the “at least the far right nutcase isn’t like the boring guys who brought us to this point” thing. Sometimes multiple times.
Those polls are fucking bullshit, especially for a lot of demographics like younger generations and also it’s a fucking long way away still.
If you’re looking to draw conclusions based on that trash you may as well just ask any goddamn child; neither represent fact or reality
Mkay.
As long as you redirect that rage towards voting for whoever runs against Trump I don’t much care what motivates you.
Americans already had the chance to learn from Trump and Bolsonaro. Those who support Trump are not interested in reality.
And will the people who should learn from this do so? Fat fucking chance.