Argentina’s New President, Javier Milei, Stuns Davos With Attack on Secret ‘Socialist’ Agenda of Moneyed Western Elites

Davos hasn’t been this interesting since the late Henry Kissinger shocked confab attendees by telling them Ukraine ought to give up territory. Did we mention that President Zelensky’s in town, too?

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The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland on January 17, 2024. AP/Markus Schreiber

Just when you thought it was safe to write off Davos as irremediably dull — think Antony Blinken with a side order of Tom Friedman — along comes the self-described “anarcho-capitalist” president of Argentina, Javier Milei, to shake up the Swiss town with a one-two punch to what he perceives to be the “socialist agenda” of various elites.

The tirade came in the form of a half-hour long speech to a full house of policy wonks and boldfaced names in the business world who were advised by Mr. Milei to choose freedom over socialist-style state control, “dammit.”

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