Javier Milei and Elon Musk Meet Again: Discussing Economy, Technology, and Demographics

2024-05-03 23:54:00

Javier Milei and Elon Musk during the first meeting, in Texas

President of the Nation, Javier Mileycould meet, for the second time in a month, with the billionaire, co-founder and CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk. On the social network

The first meeting between the two took place on April 12 at the company’s industrial plant in Austin, the capital of the state of Texas, United States of America. The agenda included good harmony on issues related to the economy, finance and technology. The next one would happen this week, during Milei’s visit to Los Angeles.

During his trip to that city, Milei will describe his government program and his worldview at the world conference of the Milken Institute, a conservative forum that has a lot of influence on the west coast of the United States. The President was invited as the keynote speaker along with Kristalina Georgievamanaging director of the IMF, Chris DoddJoe Biden’s adviser for Latin America, and Illan Goldfajn, head of the IDB. There is also talk of a meeting with the FIFA president, Gianni Infantino.

Javier Milei and Elon Musk met in April at the Tesla factory in Austin (Texas) to confirm the personal and ideological harmony they showed in their contacts on the social network X (previously Twitter).

In the eighty minutes of conclave, Miley and Musk They agreed that it was necessary to maintain the freedom of the markets and to avoid state regulations. The president and the homeowner shared the idea progress against state bureaucracyand he emphasized the need to support the development of technology to deepen the progress of global society.

“The idea is that there is an event in Argentina about demographics, technology and economic growth, which Miley and Musk would star in,” he said after the meeting. Gerardo WertheinArgentina’s ambassador to the United States Infobae.

The conference between the head of state and the Australian businessman shows the sympathy between the two. There is no exact date yet, but it would happen during this year. “Musk wants to come to the country, he promised,” Werthein concluded.

During the meeting, Musk explained the political pressure exerted by Lula da Silva on the social network X. Milei was aware of the situation and made herself available. That is to say: if Musk wants, he could move X facilities in Brazil to Argentina.

On the evening of May 6, Milei will close a day when the Conradh na Gaeilge theses have already been taken into account Kristalina Georgievamanaging director of the IMF; Ilan Oir, the head of the IDB; Chris Doddspecial adviser to Joe Biden for Latin America, and Mohammed El Kuwaiz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Capital Market.

Milei was invited to Los Angeles to speak at a global investor conference (Reuters)

As is always the case on presidential tours, Milei has his own limited agenda. In this case it could be Musk and Infantino, and the Posse-Caputo tandem which would be dedicated to foreign investors who participate in the global convention and managing director Georgievawhich is still reluctant to push for additional disbursement from the IMF to open the exchange rate.

The Milken Institute’s call for a global convention aims to lead motive “shaping a shared future”, and his explanatory statement reflects the current situation on the international table. In this context, Milei will insist on the ideological perspective he has already advanced in the speeches he gave in Davos, the Conservative Action Policy Conference (CPAC) and Florida International University (FIU). The President criticizes State intervention to solve market failures, ignores the political class as a clear link to society and strongly defends the Austrian School.