President of Argentina, Javier Milei, describes AMLO as “ignorant”

This Tuesday night an interview with the president of Argentina was broadcast, Javier Mileywhere he describes the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, as “ignorant” and responds to the criticism he has made in his morning press conferences, also known as mañaneras.

“That an ignorant person like López Obrador speaks ill of me exalts me“Milei responded to journalist Andrés Oppenheimer, who conducted the interview for CNN en Español.

Oppenheimer also questioned Milei regarding the statements of Claudia Sheinbaum, who described Milei’s presidency as ‘a setback’ in Argentina.

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“We have to see why, if Kirchnerism was good… I told him that in the 90s, Argentina had an average salary of 1,800 dollars, which converted into today’s currency would be three thousand dollars. But today, the average salary in Argentina is 600 dollars. That is to say, the populism that they so highly praise – the called socialism of the 21st century–, it cost Argentines 80% of their income and has brought the number of poor to more than 50%, because there are more than five million Argentines who do not have enough to eat,” Milei responded.

AMLO vs. Milei, a confrontation with history

The Argentine president has been criticized for Lopez Obrador since he was in the presidential campaign, when he called Pope Francis “the representative of evil on Earth.” At that time, López Obrador asked that this video fragment be shown for several days at his morning press conference.

Recently, President López Obrador indicated that he had no intention of inviting Milei to travel to Mexico, since his six-year term is regarding to end. In this regard, the senator for National ActionLilly Téllez, sent a letter to Milei inviting him to the Senate of the Republic.

In the same interview, Milei also targeted his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro. Referring to his guerrilla past, she said: “You can’t expect much from someone who was a terrorist murderer.”