Argentina’s Trump-loving president was whisked away from a rally by his security goons when protesters started lobbing rocks and bottles at him.
Javier Milei, who ingratiated himself in MAGA circles when he presented Elon Musk with a chainsaw in Washington, D.C. in February, is embroiled in a corruption scandal.
“Milei came to provoke. And well, he had to leave, as was fitting,” one protester said, after Milei, seen as Argentina’s own mini Trump, was forced into a hasty exit as bottles, rocks, and even plant pots were launched.
Tempers boiled over as the 54-year-old, vying for success in the country’s October midterm elections, was passing through a neighborhood in the city of Lomas de Zamora, 12.5 miles south of Buenos Aires, on Wednesday.
Minutes earlier, Milei had spoken about the