COMMENTARY Donald Trump admires Argentine President Javier Milei — so why is he pushing economic policies so divorced from the common-sense approach of what's being called the 'Milei Miracle'?
Here are two, Argentina-related questions that President Trump’s supporters might ask a Trump critic like myself:
Does Javier Milei the populist bully still scare the democrat’s bejesus out of me?
You bet your Malbec he does.
But has Javier Milei the libertarian economist impressed the inflation-weary consumer in me?
You bet your asado he has.
And that second Q&A is the one that Trumpistas should pay particular attention to, since Trump looks to Milei as his south-of-the-border touchstone.
I had serious doubts about Milei, both politically and economically, when he was running for, and won,