Argentina President Javier Milei has given people a lot of reasons to love him leading up to -- and in the months following -- his election last December. He flies commercial, he told the WEF in Davos to go stuff it, and for crying out loud, the guy campaigned with an actual chainsaw (we might like that one the best).
They don't call him 'El Loco' for nothing.
Yesterday, Bloomberg announced yet another reason for everyone to love Milei: he is following through on his campaign promise to take that chainsaw of his and apply it repeatedly to the corrupt federal government in Argentina.
JUST IN - Argentine President Javier Milei plans to fire 70,000 government workers — Bloomberg
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 27, 2024
Seventy thousand jobs. And we get the feeling that he is just getting started. Bloomberg had more details:
Argentine President Javier Milei plans to fire 70,000 government workers in the coming months in one of the clearest signs yet of how the libertarian’s chainsaw-style approach intends to slash the swollen state.Beyond the job cuts, Milei boasted Tuesday at an event that he’s frozen public works, cut off some funding to provincial governments and terminated more than 200,000 social welfare plans, which he labeled as corrupt. It’s all part of his strategy to reach a fiscal balance at any cost this year.“There’s a lot of blender,” Milei said in an hour long speech at the IEFA Latam Forum in Buenos Aires, referring to the erosion of wages and pensions by 276% annual inflation. “There’s a lot more chainsaw.”
'There's a lot more chainsaw.' We absolutely LOVE it.
And we weren't alone. Twitter exploded last night with people declaring their appreciation for Milei doing the things that we would love a president to do in the United States.
— Robert J Salvador (@RobertJSalvador) March 27, 2024
Oh, there will be more. You can count on it.
LFG!! pic.twitter.com/7Vx3uLYmvB
— Kristi (@TheyCallMeNans) March 27, 2024
— Jules! (@sparkly_jules1) March 27, 2024
Was any second of this wrong? pic.twitter.com/PJv1Wkk7vo
— Dave Benner, Nemesis of Neocons (@dbenner83) March 27, 2024
Nope. Not a single word he uttered was wrong.
Some people found themselves a little, umm ... hot and bothered with Milei's chainsaw reforms.
Oh my 🔥 🔥 🔥 https://t.co/gCfInm20bg pic.twitter.com/D88oUaEy6j
— Texas Darlin' 🎀 🏈 (@TexitDarling) March 27, 2024
https://t.co/JFCEOXNCNO pic.twitter.com/p4zrkXUjwa
— Inappropriate Ray of ☀️ (Sworn Enemy of Rufus!) (@MrsRotnjetski) March 27, 2024
https://t.co/l43FoODsKV pic.twitter.com/OKnULXZVeD
— Anna James Zeigler (@ajzeigler) March 27, 2024
https://t.co/jXN7VYRkq6 pic.twitter.com/TIejSfDZDz
— Ｓｕｚｉ Ｓｈｒｕｇｇｅｄ (@suzibasterd) March 27, 2024
We get it, ladies. We TOTALLY get it.
https://t.co/lzWdu6UmdM pic.twitter.com/FTbPqGEAqI
— CCP IS ASSHOE (@CCPISASSH0E) March 27, 2024
I’m not saying I’d sleep with him… but I’d buy this guy a drink… then who knows what might happen… https://t.co/zuvJvRy7BC
— Tandy (@dantypo) March 27, 2024
He could turn us, we think.
Can we just make Javier Milei a US citizen already so I can vote for him? https://t.co/cm66vGCGbx
— LibertyJ (@LibertyJen) March 27, 2024
If Milei was eligible to enter the U.S. Presidential race today, he might shoot directly into the lead over Joe Biden AND Donald Trump.
I just sprang wood you could highdive off of. https://t.co/iNCXdr6Phm
— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) March 27, 2024
Ahem. We're sure that's just a swimming reference and nothing more.
https://t.co/vHwwKDbWQY pic.twitter.com/2UtBMNcrHx
— Mary Beth | ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ 🦅🇺🇸 (@IfUCanKeepIt) March 27, 2024
https://t.co/6MIb2JvurO pic.twitter.com/QJYxDWcTh3
— 🌷🌸Peachfuzz🌸🌷 (@Peachfu08019815) March 27, 2024
Can we have what she's having?
I'm now pregnant. https://t.co/QrRUADVjOH
— Monika (@MonikaMusing) March 27, 2024
Here at Twitchy, we know that men can't have babies, but this writer may just buy a pregnancy test anyway.
Just in case.
Javier Milei is turning out to be everything great he promised to be https://t.co/FEoGeNzOUJ
— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) March 27, 2024
And then some.
https://t.co/JrcUrto93D pic.twitter.com/lEiom2cojn
— Soylord 9001 (@OnlineSoylord) March 27, 2024
Can we pray for that? Never mind. We're praying for that.
The US has an estimated 2.9 million government employees.
— C/SAR Diver 🇺🇸🐻⚔ (@rstemler1) March 27, 2024
That's 2% of the US population.
90% of these could disappear and no one would notice. We would be far better off without them. https://t.co/mwNpbM9cXV
This is what you call a good start--especially in a country with 57% poverty and 200% inflation. https://t.co/WrKcYo6CfA
— Jon Miltimore (@miltimore79) March 27, 2024
Yes, Milei seems to have figured out something that nearly all of Washington, DC, has not. More government is NEVER the solution.
MAAA - 🇺🇸
— 🇺🇸bouldercanyon6🇺🇸 (@bouldercanyon6) March 27, 2024
Make America Argentina Again. https://t.co/OgdUSIGV3r
We'd wear that hat. Hell, we'd even buy the sneakers.
https://t.co/0lNnWNumT6 pic.twitter.com/9N9LOQnnpA
— Joel Ellenwood (@_InfiniteZeal) March 27, 2024
https://t.co/bqAiiicFpA pic.twitter.com/OyCqxSQAKD
— A Dude that drinks Tequila (@passmyraybans) March 27, 2024
As Indiana Jones would say, it belongs in a museum.
What do you call 70,000 fired government workers?
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) March 27, 2024
A good start https://t.co/tGFCnBL4Mw
And don't forget the ending of 200,000 corrupt social programs.
There's no question America has fallen in love with this man. Many Canadians and Brits wanted him too, but WE CALLED HIM FIRST.
There's only one thing he needs: more chainsaws.
https://t.co/2pD40Dkc70 pic.twitter.com/wUf6isY0eW
— RAW EGG NATIONALIST (@Babygravy9) March 27, 2024
This is the way. pic.twitter.com/HMI0trphy8
— Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) March 27, 2024
We'll buy him as many as he wants. But let's get some to Rand Paul for Washington too.
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