The President of the Nation, Javier Mileicould meet, for the second time in a month, with the billionaire, co-founder and CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk. On the social network
The first meeting between the two took place on April 12 at the company’s industrial plant in Austin, capital of the state of Texas, United States. The agenda included good harmony regarding issues related to the economy, finance and technology. The next one would occur this week, during Milei’s visit to Los Angeles.
During his trip to that city, Milei will describe his government program and his view of the world at the global conference of the Milken Institute, a conservative forum with a lot of influence on the west coast of the United States. The President was invited as the main speaker along with Kristalina Georgievamanaging director of the IMF, Chris DoddJoe Biden’s advisor for Latin America, and Illan Goldfajn, head of the IDB. There is also talk of a meeting with the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino.
Javier Milei and Elon Musk met in April at the Tesla plant in Austin (Texas) to ratify the personal and ideological harmony they exhibited in the successive contacts they had on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
In the eighty minutes of conclave, Milei and Musk They agreed on the need to maintain the freedom of markets and avoid state regulations. The president and the homeowner shared the idea of progress versus state bureaucracyand highlighted the need to support the development of technology to deepen the advancement of global society.
“The idea is that there is an event in Argentina about demographics, technology and economic growth, which would be starred by Milei and Musk,” he commented after the meeting. Gerardo WertheinArgentine ambassador to the United States Infobae.
The conference between the head of state and the Australian businessman demonstrates the empathy between the two. There is no precise date yet, but it would happen during this year. “Musk wants to come to the country, he committed,” Werthein concluded.
During the meeting, Musk explained the political pressure that Lula da Silva is exerting on the social network X. Milei knew the situation and made herself available. That is to say: if Musk wants, he could move X’s facilities in Brazil to Argentina.
On the afternoon of May 6, Milei will close a day that will have already included the dissertations of Kristalina Georgievamanaging director of the IMF; Illan Goldfjan, head of the IDB; Chris Doddspecial advisor to Joe Biden for Latin America, and Mohammed El-Kuwaiz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Capital Market.
As always happens on presidential tours, Milei has her own limited agenda. In this case she could be Musk and Infantino, while the Posse-Caputo tandem would be dedicated to foreign investors participating in the global convention and managing director Georgievawhich is still reluctant to push for an extra disbursement from the IMF to open the exchange rate.
The Milken Institute’s call for the global convention aims to leitmotiv “shape a shared future”, and its explanatory statement reflects the current situation on the international board. In this context, Milei will insist on the ideological perspective that she already advanced in the speeches she gave in Davos, the Conservative Action Policy Conference (CPAC) and Florida International University (FIU). The President criticizes the intervention of the State to resolve market failures, ignores the political class as an obvious link with society and makes a staunch defense of the Austrian School.
