The phenomenon of javier milei It reached the media in the United States, which, especially after the leader of La Libertad Avanza won the primary elections in August, began to pay attention to the opposition leader, who became one of the candidates with the possibility of being the next president. of Argentina.
In this context, in the last hours he arrived in the country Tucker Carlsonone of the most renowned North American journalists in the field, to conduct an interview with the outsider that in just over three years he managed to form a right-wing space that is now disputing the power of the Casa Rosada.
The reporter was for more than a decade one of the main stars of the channel foxnewsuntil his departure from the television network last April, after which he started his own video channel that he posts on social networks, one of which was to the former US president donald trump.
After disassociating himself from the television network, the journalist began to publish his interviews on his X account (ex Twitter), where he has a large number of followers and, in fact, one of his last videos was a conversation lasting more than 46 minutes. that he had with Trump, in which they addressed different issues and already exceeded 264 million views.
Carlson recently arrived in Argentina and was received by Milei’s political consultant and adviser, Fernando Cerimedoand also met with the main publicist of La Libertad Avanza, Santiago Oriawho was the director of the film that the economist premiered shortly before PASO.
The first of them is a person who in recent times has gained relevance in the La Libertad Avanza team, from his knowledge in the world of political strategies and, in addition to managing the campaign on social networks, he added part of the party leader’s agenda.
Meanwhile, Oría is the one who makes most of the audiovisual productions of the candidate, whom he follows in all his activities with a camera to record each situation and is the author of “La revolución liberal”, the biographical documentary of the economist.
The visit of the renowned journalist -It is one of the few trips he has made in recent times since he usually records in the United States- It occurs within the framework of the recent victory of the opposition leader in the PASO, where he reached almost 30% of the votes, thus surpassing both the ruling party of Unión por la Patria and Together for Change.
The reporter conducted this Wednesday, from 6:00 p.m., an interview with the Argentine presidential candidate which will be published in the next few days, as usual, on his X (@TuckerCarlson) account, so that it can be viewed for free.
According to what they specified to infobae party sources, it was the American journalist himself who approached Cerimedo to request an exclusive chat with the libertarian. “They are very excited about him in the United States”they assured.
In addition to Trump, in recent months Carlson has uploaded interviews with the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele; with the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban; with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic; and with Vivek Ramaswamythe young millionaire of Indian origin who surprised in the debate and climbs in the Republican polls for the presidency.
Carlson’s journalistic career was always on the rise. She began writing for Policy Review and later did so in prestigious publications such as The Weekly Standard, Esquire, The Daily Beast, The Times, and The Wall Street Journal. The jump from him to television was in CNN, one of the major networks in the United States, and was also on MSNBC and public television.
However, the great leap to fame would come from his arrival in Fox News in 2009 during the presidency of Barack Obama and would be ratified in 2016, when Donald Trump came to the White House. Starting that year, Carlson would replace Bill O’Reillystar of the chain at the time, and would give birth to his iconic program: Tucker Carlson Tonight. With more than 4 million viewers, the cycle broke the audience record in the history of cable news in the United States.
“Tucker has been looking for him since the beginning of August. He even offered to come to Argentina, because he knew that Javier would be in the middle of the campaign. I even have the chats because I was a bridge; notice in case the operators also seek to lie with this,” said the libertarian leader Augustine Lajegiven the versions circulating on social networks that the opposition leader had paid $250,000 to be interviewed by the reporter.
“Liar. Not even the hotel accepted”Cerimedo himself responded to a person who published this version, who also uploaded a photo with the former star of foxnews and that he was also in the cafe that he shared with Oría after his arrival in Buenos Aires.
“I just met the news host number 1, the great Tucker Carlson!! I have followed it from its beginnings, from its bow tie years. The line libertarian-conservative with a lot of common sense and insight that I share. The photo is in Ezeiza international arrivals, we were having a coffee and talking about everything for about half an hour”, Oría said.
“We talk about Argentine Politics, US Politics, senile Biden, sinister Kamala Harris, Trump (whom she thinks they are going to assassinate), Milei (who today is a boom in the US), Malvinas, gun ownershipVíctor Davis Hanson, Ukraine, AMIA, Nisman, the tortuous Argentine customs, young Argentines who emigrate to Europe and the US, US decline, Roger Stone, and much more. Macanudísimo, big guy, a gentleman, very chill, zero cocky, great Anglo-Saxon sense of humor. He felt like an old friend that you haven’t seen for a long time, ”said the filmmaker.
