Argentina’s Milei Praises Trump Tariffs: Latin American Freedom Fighter?

At the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York City, Argentina’s fiery President Javier Milei, who’s basically Donald Trump’s unofficial Latin American hype man, lauded Trump’s tariffs like they were the Declaration of Independence. Milei, known for wild hair and even wilder politics, praised ‘those tariffs’ that sent shockwaves from Buenos Aires to Wall Street in 2018-19, igniting trade war fireworks. Meanwhile, economists wept silently in their cubicles. Milei, standing tall among the eagle-less UN dais, unabashedly claimed Trump’s tariffs were key in standing up to global overreach. Only in America and its hemisphere could one fiery leader openly cheer the economic chaos his friend started.

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Source: Aljazeera | Published: 9/24/2025 | Author: Unknown