MIAMI.- The President Javier Miley for the first time with Elon Musk at the Tesla factory in Austin, Texas, the highest point of his visit to USA which served to seal the chemistry between the two with a photo with their thumbs up, and begin to forge an association in which the Government is betting, not only to attract investments to Argentina, but also to strengthen its ideological alignment in the world.
“It is a great pleasure for me. Is incredible. “Thank you for everything you do for the world,” Milei told Musk.barely greeted him at the Tesla offices, without letting go of his hand.
“It’s an honor to meet you too. Welcome,” Musk responded.
Milei arrived flanked on the left by Gerardo Werthein, and to the right, by his sister, Karina Milei. “This is my sister. The boss,” Milei joked, after Werthein introduced her. After the greetings, Musk invited the entire group to take photos outside the building, the first link in a chain of images of Musk, Milei and his entourage and the meeting that were later replicated on official and libertarian accounts on the networks. social.
“It was like love at first sight”described Wertheinwhen talking about the chemistry between Milei and Musk and the conclave, which lasted an hour and 20 minutes, and in which businessman Patricio Fuks, a friend of Milei, was also present.
The meeting with Musk, owner of Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink and the social network Musk has an eye on Argentina, which he owns one of the largest lithium reserves in the worldand in the presidential delegation they did not hide their enthusiasm for the harmony between the businessman and Milei and the possibility that, when the time comes, it will end up moving to concrete investments in the country. Werthein said that Musk wants to help Argentina and that there was talk of “looking for opportunities” in the lithium production chain. Earlier this year, Milei paved the way for Starlink will begin operating in the country. And it was agreed to hold a “big event” in the country about technology and growth.
“We talked about investment opportunities in Argentina in lithium and the importance of studying investments in lithium and generating added value. We are very committed not only to exporting raw materials but also to adding added value. He said he wants to help Argentina”Werthein compiled.
“We agreed to work on this line and see what opportunities may arise for lithium and to process lithium in subsequent instances, whether in batteries or in the production chain,” he explained.
Musk tweeted a photo with Milei shortly after noon: “To an exciting and inspiring future!”
In addition to the investment opportunities for Musk – beyond enthusiasm, there was no concrete announcement – the meeting also discussed government policy, the ideas of freedom, the work of entrepreneurs, and the impact of demographics in world development. Musk stressed the need to boost the global birth rate. And, also, of an eventual congress in Argentina to talk about demographics, technology and economic growth and the ideas of freedom. Musk, the delegation indicated, was very interested in participating, and accepted the invitation to Argentina.
“We agreed to coordinate the moment and work on it,” said Werthein.
The presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adonri, confirmed that Milei and the businessman talked about “holding a big event in Argentina soon.” Adorni further stated that Milei and Musk agreed on the need to free markets and defend the ideas of freedom, and they spoke “on the importance of eliminating bureaucratic obstacles that keep investors away.”
Milei also offered Musk, according to Adorni, “collaboration in the conflict that social network X maintains in Brazil within the framework of the judicial and political conflict in that country.”
But beyond the list of topics that were discussed at the meeting, the conclave left something intangible: the harmony between Milei and Musk, something that was visible in the photos, the gesture of Musk’s invitation, the ideological coincidences that the ruling party stressed, and that was already perceived from the mutual praise that both exchanged on social networks in recent months, a prologue to the meeting in Austin. With Musk, Milei also once again leaves a very clear signal regarding where he stands in the world.
“The chemistry that existed at the meeting is very difficult to describe, it was as if two soul mates had come together. “They agreed on all the points they touched on, but each one added their own perspective, which makes them different people, each in their own category,” he added. Werthein.
“It was like love at first sight, they agreed to hold a great event in Argentina so that the entire public could enjoy the exchange of ideas of these two giants of our generation,” he added.
In Miami, with businessmen
Before leaving for Texas, Milei met last night with a group of Argentine businessmen at the Grand Beach Hotel in Miami, with whom he chatted about the cultural change that his government is trying to bring about to set the country on a path of sustained growth. The meeting, which was organized the day before, when Milei was already in Miami, occurred with a small circle of businessmen who were in the city at a technology forum.
“We talked with President @JMilei about the importance of entrepreneurship, creating work, and having the freedom to do so with fewer bureaucratic obstacles. “We also talked about the importance of education for the country and its potential to awaken innovation in Argentines,” he wrote. Martin Migoya on Twitter, along with a photo with Milei.
In addition to Migoya, the meeting included Daniel Pintoof JP Morgan; Francisco Alvarez Demaldeof the Riverwood Fund; Guibert Englebienne, co-founder of Globant; Gaston Taratutafrom Aleph, and Marc Lisker, of DFO Partners, indicated the presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorni.
The businessmen gave their support to the “ideas of freedom”, in the words of an attendee, in the middle of a talk that went through conceptual lanes in which they talked about the cultural change in Argentina and the reforms that the Milei government is trying to promote and the role of education in the development of the country more than of specific aspects about the political, economic or business situation of Argentina.
“It was an excellent meeting, he shared his ideas and we told him that Argentina has a unique opportunity“, said to THE NATION in the lobby of the Gastón Taratuta hotel, in Aleph, after leaving the meeting. Enthusiastic, Taratuta said that Argentina can generate around $50 billion per year in sales from information services, an area where the technology sector sees competitive advantages for the country.
The entrepreneurs were in Miami for a Riverwood Capital technology forum. The meeting with the businessmen was outside the original agenda that the Casa Rosada published about Milei’s trip to Miami – which politicians like Martin Lousteau They have criticized it for considering it a “personal” trip – and Adorni publicly reported it on Twitter a while before it happened.
The meeting with the businessmen marked the closing of Milei’s second day in Miami, a day that combined his work to try to get the economy back on track with the promotion of his government doctrine in a talk at Florida International University.
Milei said that his arrival at the Casa Rosada occurred because of “the disastrous administration of the last twenty years.”, and compared it to a “triple carom” when speaking before students, professors and media at Florida International University, an exhibition that followed the line of his speeches at the Davos Forum and at the conservative CPAC conference in Washington. The speech, which lasted almost an hour and a half, woven together concepts more common in an economics class than in a presidential speech.
“If it had not been for the disastrous administration of the last few years, forget about the possibility of having a president who is a liberal libertarian”Milei said.
“I knew that the only way we could get in was a triple carom. She hit the triple whammy. I am the first liberal libertarian president in the history of humanity. It’s kind of like a black swan,” he continued.