Javier Milei once again attacked the journalists: “They are professional torturers”

He Argentine President Javier Milei He once again starred in a chapter in his fierce fight against journalism and went one step further. In a podcast by American IT influencer Lex Fridman, the libertarian leader called journalists “liars“, “slanderers“, “extortioners”, “torturers” and “corrupt.”

But the President’s anger did not end in the interview and, later, Milei used her social networks to make a long defense against journalism: “I want to tell these pseudojournalists that the time has come to have to bank the change for having lied, slandered, insulted and even committed crimes of extortion”.

A new round between Javier Milei and Argentine journalism

That the president maintains a tense relationship with a broad sector of journalism is nothing new. Once again, Milei harshly crossed Argentine journalists during an interview with an American podcast: “The largest number of journalists in Argentinawith exceptions, They are liars, slanderers, slanderers and even if the monopoly that they demand reigns again persists, they would ask for money because that is what they are, They are extortionists, thieves, corrupt“he stated.

In reference to the guideline, the Argentine president assured that his Government took “the microphone monopoly“to journalism and in this way I also take away the”extortion privilege“.

Regarding himself, the libertarian leader assured that the media put “three drones” in the presidential house to spy on him. “They messed with my dogswho are the most wonderful beings that exist. Since they cannot criticize my management, except by lying and distorting the numbers, they do it with these things” he denounced.

As if that were not enough, the president then made a long statement in X where he highlighted the role of social networks and returned to the charge against the profession of journalism: “A large part of journalism likes hard boxing with extreme doses of violence , with the particularity that his rival has to be tied hand and foot. Thus they hit hard and give “examples” of exquisiteness in art. At the same time, the opponent, faced with his inability to defend, is often extorted so that they do not hit him as much,” he analyzed.

“However, Thanks to technology, cell phones and social networks, microphone criminals today see that their victims have not only managed to unleash but they also have great response capacityTherefore they discover that not only are they not great fighters but they are also much less than mediocre against a hardened rival as a result of asymmetric punishment,” the President stressed with a strong defense of new technologies and applications.

“Thanks to social networks their caste privilege ended that they have had for so long and that they have exercised with so much violence. Therefore, accept that the world has changed for the better and your monopoly on words is over. Yes, now they will earn less money but that is normal in a free market“he concluded.

Javier Milei assured that the economy is in “a flourishing moment”

In the same podcast in which he harshly criticized journalists, Milei also analyzed Argentine economic news and assured that the country has already changed course after having “found a peak of activity in April“. In this way, the libertarian leader marked that there began a “cyclical recovery“and that the”salaries are outpacing inflation“and they are getting closer to the real values ​​​​of November.”The same for retirements.“he assured.

In this regard, highlighted that the most pronounced increase is being seen in the informal economy wagesso “poverty and destitution are falling much lower than imagined.”

“The Argentine economy is in a moment absolutely flourishing and that is sustained in the long term with structural reforms. That is what we do every day by deregulating the economy and sending new laws that free Argentines from the number of oppressive obstacles that have punished them for the last 100 years,” he remarked.

Finally, regarding deregulation, led by Minister Federico Sturzenegger, the interviewer asked him what advice I would give Elon Muskwho as of January 20 will be in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) of the United States Joined which will have similar functions to Ministry of Deregulation and Transformation of the State. “Let him go to the bone, to the limit and not give up,” Milei responded and highlighted that the Argentine official’s portfolio “Every day it removes between 1 and 5 obstacles that the economy has“.