While we were not watching, Javier Milei, the radical, far-right, trump-loving, bat-shit-crazy populist/fascist, just got elected as the president of Argentina. x Argentina, back in its familiar position of being a fiscal and economic disaster zone, has elected a classic chaos agent, in the form of right-wing economist Javier Milei https://t.co/7g3HW2KWfM — Axios (@axios) November 20, 2023Provisional results showed Mr Milei had nearly 56% of the vote compared with 44% for Mr Massa, with almost 90% of votes counted. Milei managed to convince Argentinians that he will be their savior against the chronic skyrocketing inflation plaguing the Argentinian economy. trump congratulated Mr Milei on his victory, saying he would "Make Argentina Great Again!". Elon Musk posted: “Prosperity is ahead for Argentina”.

Source: Washington Post November 20, 2023 02:16 UTC