The President Javier Milei He got into the “controversy” for the price of empanadas pointing against Ricardo Darín and his sayings at the table of Mirtha Legrand. The protagonist of the successful Netflix series The Eternaluta He referred to the economic-social situation that the country is going through.
Legrand, host of the traditional “Mesaza”, consulted the actor about his vision of Darin about the national political-economic context. The actor, with his characteristic ingenuity, began his response with an apparent calm: “Fantastic, I see it very well,” he said, then launch his criticism.
Darin’s main lunge was aimed at the new measures announced by the libertarian government and the references to savings saved by citizens.
“I don’t understand anything. It catches my attention a little about getting the dollars out of the mattress. Who are they talking about in that regard? A dozen empanadas leaves 48,000 pesos. There are people who are having a very bad time. I do not understand what they are talking about, “Darín said, showing the disconnection he perceived between the official discourse and the reality of a large part of the population.
The reaction of Javier Milei and the Government to the sayings of Ricardo Darín on the price of empanadas
After the words of the actor, quickly, accounts related to the government flooded social networks with criticism and teasing to the actor for his sayings on the price of the dozen empanadas. The president himself was responsible for sharing many of those messages through his X account and also through his Instagram stories. Among them an image of Darín with a goldenmark:
Another official who spoke about it was the Minister of Economy Luis Caputo. In one of his visits to LN+ he said he felt with “shame of others” after listening to the actor. “The empanadas are not worth that, Ricardito. The national and popular wanted to do”He said in an interview with Luis Majul.
Caputo relativized the figure mentioned by the actor and suggested that, in any case, it corresponds to an exclusive consumption. “All good if he can buy empanadas in more expensive places. But they don’t use that, Ricardito. It’s like tomorrow you go to Porsche and tell Mirtha: ‘The cars leave US $ 200,000,” he ironized.
The official concluded with a Chicana: “Stay calm, Ricardo, that people eat rich empanadas for $ 16,000. I’m glad he can eat the most expensive. But say that empanadas are worth that, no. ”
Source: Ambito
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