16 hours ago · OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Argentina’s President Javier Milei on Saturday urged an enthusiastic crowd of U.S. conservatives to keep supporting measures to shrink the size of their government, saying his methods are similar to those undertaken by President Donald Trump and close ally Elon Musk.. Milei is the man behind the chainsaw waved effusively onstage by Musk, in perhaps the most memorable ...

6 hours ago · Milei is the man behind the chainsaw waved effusively onstage by Musk, in perhaps the most memorable single moment at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, held in ...

2 days ago · Argentina's President Javier Milei gifted Elon Musk a chainsaw during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington DC on Thursday. Waving the chainsaw above his head on stage ...

16 hours ago · The Argentine leader used a different chainsaw as a prop during his 2023 campaign to symbolize his proposals to shred the bloated state. The red chainsaw gifted to Musk was engraved with Milei’s ...

Oct 21, 2023 · Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei is ready to attack the system with a chainsaw. The self-declared anarcho-capitalist totes a power tool at some events as a symbol projecting defiance and strength to disaffected Argentines. They see themselves in Milei’s crusade to shred the bloated state and what he calls “the political caste”.

2 days ago · The red metallic chainsaw, given to Musk by Milei earlier in the day, was engraved on its side with the Argentine leader's coarse Spanish slogan: "Viva la libertad, carajo," which loosely ...

Dec 10, 2024 · Milei — who likes to brandish a chainsaw to symbolize budget cuts — has slashed the number of government ministries to eight from 18 and laid off more than 30,000 government employees so far.

Feb 3, 2025 · Argentina’s Ministry of Deregulation and State Transformation is working to eliminate hundreds of departments and reduce bureaucracy. The minister is a self-professed admirer of the tech tycoon, who heads DOGE ... But the chainsaw — Milei sometimes campaigned with a power tool in hand to show that he was ready to aggressively tackle the ...

Oct 20, 2024 · The far-right economist and TV panelist Javier Milei came to power in Argentina declaring that “there’s no money.” Armed with a chainsaw — a campaign prop — he won the 2023 presidential...

Oct 1, 2023 · Presidential hopeful of the Liberty Advances coalition Javier Milei brandishes a chainsaw during a rally in La Plata, Argentina, on Sept. 12. Carried by a wave of shouting supporters and...