The Angels: Minutes after it was revealed that Javier Milei had been elected president of South America’s second-largest nation in November, Elon Musk posted on social platform X: “Prosperity is ahead for Argentina.”
Since then, Musk has continued to use X, which he owns, to power Milei. The billionaire has shared videos of the Argentine president attacking “social justice” with his 182 million followers.
Musk has helped turn the pugnacious libertarian into one of the new faces of the modern right. But offline, he has used the relationship to push for profits for his other businesses, electric car maker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX.
Argentine President Xavier Milei with Tesla boss Elon Musk at Tesla’s Texas gigafactory in April.Credit: Brochure/Getty
“Elon Musk called me,” Milei said in a television interview weeks after taking office. “He is very interested in lithium.”