Milei meets only with Biden's advisors and with collaborators from the IMF and the Treasury Department

The president-elect of Argentina, Javier Milei, met this Tuesday at the White House with advisors to the president of the United States, Joe Biden, to strengthen ties between the United States and the future Argentine Government. The American president excused himself a day before the meeting due to scheduling problems.

The meeting of about an hour with the White House National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan; with Biden's advisor for Latin America, Juan González, and with the Undersecretary of State for Latin America, Brian Nichols, was the only one that Milei had during his brief visit to the US capital.

The leader of the far-right party La Libertad Avanza had planned to meet with representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Treasury Department, but only his collaborators attended those meetings.

Milei's followers in Washington

Milei stayed in a luxurious hotel very close to the White House, where a handful of followers chanted his slogan “The caste is afraid” when the libertarian boarded the van that took him to the meeting with Biden's representatives.

“During the meeting, the president-elect expressed his view on the international geopolitical agenda aligned with the West and his defense of the values of freedom,” his office reported on social networks.

While Sullivan expressed “the willingness of the United States to collaborate in the transition of the incoming Argentine Government in the face of the challenging political, economic and social situation that the country is going through,” Milei's team added.

His office had previously reported that the objective of the meetings in Washington was to present the economic plan of the future Argentine Government, which among other measures foresees sharp cuts in public spending, dollarizing the economy and abolishing the central bank.

Milei's tour in the US

Milei was in the United States accompanied by his sister, Karina Milei; his advisors Nicolás Posse, Luis Caputo, Gerardo Werthein and Santiago Caputo and the US ambassador to Argentina, Marc Stanley.

Posse sounds like Milei's future chief of staff, Luis Caputo as the next Minister of Economy and Werthein as Argentine ambassador to the United States.

Milei, who will return to Buenos Aires this Tuesday, arrived in Washington on Monday night after a brief visit to New York.

In the Big Apple, the next president of Argentina visited Rabbi Schneerson's grave and then had lunch with former United States President Bill Clinton (1993-2001) and with Chris Dodd, Biden's special advisor for Latin America.

Milei did not meet in the United States with Trump, despite the closeness that exists between the two. But the Republican politician will soon travel to Buenos Aires.