As a veteran of the White House Press corps, and occasional visitor down the years to the Casa Rosada to see a President or two, there’s a nagging thought at the end of this year, one about the fairly bizarre bromance between two Presidents, Donald Trump and Javier Milei.
Yes, the all-bestriding colossus imagery is so evident – one leader with his chainsaw, the other constantly waving a big stick (verbally or literally, just consider those attacks on boats in the Caribbean). Likewise, the marriage of convenience between two such self-centred, semi-authoritarian characters leaves you wondering how long it will last.
But hit the pause button, and remember where Milei was in the dark days of mid-October, when the polls suggested a potentially devastating loss in the midterm elections. The President’s team was scrambling to find the cash to avoid yet another Argentine crash, seen by a world beyond weary of such melodramas from Buenos Aires.
“Chainsaw out of gas?” asked The Economist ma
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