Trump meets Argentina's Milei ahead of conservative summit

Donald Trump has said it was an "honour" to meet Argentina’s President Javier Milei in Florida ahead of a conservative investment summit. The right-wing leader is the first foreign leader to meet Trump since his US presidential election victory on 5 November.

At a gala at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on Thursday, Milei congratulated the president-elect and said it proved “that the forces of heaven [were] on our side”. Milei is expected to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Investor Summit on Friday. On the eve of the summit, the BBC's US partner CBS reported that an anonymous source confirmed the two leaders had met.

Addressing the America First Policy Institute gala that evening, the Argentine leader said "the winds of freedom [were] blowing much stronger” since Trump’s victory. Speaking in English and Spanish, the self-described "anarcho-capitalist" criticised unfair tax systems that caused "the redistribution of wealth at gunpoint".

He also praised Elon Musk, the billionaire businessman who will run Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency, claiming his social media site X was helping to “save humanity”.

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